GUWAHATI, Feb 25: Former Bollywood actor Preity Zinta on Tuesday lambasted Congress’ Kerala unit for what she said was “spreading fake news” about her Rs 18 crore loan from the New India Co-operative Bank.
“She gave her social media accounts to BJP and got 18 Cr written off and the bank collapsed last week.
Depositors are on the streets for their money,” Kerala Congress had written on its ‘X’ handle.
Rejecting the allegations, Preity Zinta said no one else is operating her account and criticised Congress for spreading fake news and gossiping.
“No I operate my social media accounts my self and shame on you for promoting FAKE NEWS ! No one wrote off anything or any loan for me. I’m shocked that a political party or their representative is promoting fake news & indulging in vile gossip & click baits using my name & images,” Preity Zinta wrote on ‘X’, formerly Twitter.
Apart from rejecting the allegations, the ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ actor also lashed out at the media for publishing unverified news without proper research.
“So much misinformation going around but thank god for social media and thank god for X ! All through my career I have seen so many so respected journalists get so many stories completely wrong & never have the decency to correct the story or apologise. I have also gone to court and spent a tonne of money fighting cases that go on & on & on,” she wrote in another post.
