Bollywood actress Preity Zinta slammed Congress for claiming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got New India Cooperative Bank to waive off her Rs 18 crore. She clarified that she fully paid back the money.

On Monday, the official X (Twitter) account of Kerala Congress wrote, "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."

Reacting to the post on Tuesday (February 25), Preity slammed the political party and wrote, "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."

The actress added, "For the record a loan was taken and FULLY PAID BACK - over 10 years ago. Hope this clarifies and helps so there are no misunderstandings in the future."