Former finance minister P Chidambaram said the national monetisation pipeline scheme is a daylight robbery and scandal involving the Narendra Modi government.  He said that the Centre would end up creating a monopoly of a select few over the assets that have been built over the past 70 years.

Chidambaram addressed a media conference on Friday at the Mumbai Congress head office. He said the Congress-led UPA did not privatise core assets and followed certain criteria for disinvesting. “It’s a daylight robbery and a scandal. The Konkan Railway and Mumbai-Delhi freight corridor will be up for sale. Under the UPA government, railways were identified as a strategic sector. Has the government decided railways will no longer be considered a strategic sector?” asked the Congress leader, urging the people to be aware of this danger and protest against the upcoming policy.