Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urged a Twitter user to not write of “such extreme things” on Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC) Bank financial crisis.
The Reserve Bank of India had imposed regulatory restrictions on the PMC Bank for six months over alleged financial irregularities. the RBI had initially kept the withdrawal limit for account holders at just Rs 1,000 for each customers for six months but the central bank later increased the withdrawal limit to Rs 10,thousand . The RBI has also banned the PMC bank from extending fresh loans or taking fixed deposits. The restrictions imposed by RBI had led to massive protests by PMC Bank account holders as they are feeling cash crunch .
Ms Sitharaman tweeted a helpline number to address the concerns of the account holders.A person named Rakesh Bhat urged the finance minister to resolve the matter quickly, saying “people are bound to consume poison and die”.
Sitharaman asked Bhat to calm down and appealed to him against posting “extreme” messages. The finance minister also said that Ministry of Finance has no control over multi-state cooperative institutions .
