Mumbai, Sept 8 (UNI) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President Nana Patole on Friday said the Narendra Modi government at the centre has taken Rs 100 lakh crore loans over the past nine years, which was almost double the aggregate amount of loan drawn by all previous governments since independence.
Speaking in his Jansamvad Yatra at Kahan in Nagpur district, Patole said in 67 years since the independence of the country (ie till 2014), all the governments at the centre together took a loan of Rs.55 lakh crore.
He said after independence, the Congress government developed the country from needle to rocket. ISRO, which launched Chandrayaan-3 on the moon, was also established during the reign of the Congress.