Greed for power overrode national interest under previous govt, destroyed banking system: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that greed for power overrode national interest during the UPA government, wreaking havoc on the banking sector, but his dispensation has nursed it back to good financial health. He also said that India is now among the countries with the strongest banking sectors following a series of measures taken by his government.

Addressing a Rozgar Mela after giving appointment letters to over 70,000 recruits virtually, Modi noted that a large number of them have been employed in the banking sector as he highlighted how it was “destroyed” under the previous Congress-led dispensation before his government took corrective measures.