<p>Thiruvananthapuram: Congress in Kerala on Tuesday faced off against Bollywood actor <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/preity-zinta">Preity Zinta</a> over 'unpaid loans' by her and the actor flayed the party for 'spreading fake news about her' through social media.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/congress">Congress</a> Kerala shared on its X handle a news report that alleged that the actor turned entrepreneur gave her social media accounts to the BJP and got Rs. 18 crore written off by a bank that collapsed last week.</p><p>Terming the report fake, Zinta posted in her X handle that it was a shame that the party was promoting fake news. "I’m shocked that a political party or their representative is promoting fake news and indulging in vile gossip and clickbaits using my name and images," she said.</p><p>She also clarified that she had fully paid back the loan over ten years back.</p><p>Congress Kerala subsequently posted that they are glad to accept any mistake made and that they had just shared the news as such. </p>.<p>"Good to know you're managing your own account, unlike other celebs who have handed theirs over to the notorious IT cell," said Congress Kerala in the post.</p><p>Zinta said that no bank had written off any loan that she had taken. The <em>Veer-Zaara </em>star claimed that she had taken a loan over 10 years ago which was "fully paid back."</p><p>This comes at a time when <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/new-india-cooperative-banks-general-manager-held-for-misappropriating-rs-122-crore-3407681">Hitesh Mehta</a>, the general manager and head of accounts of the bank, has been accused of misappropriating Rs 122 crore from the bank's safe over a period of time. </p><p>He is currently in the custody of the Mumbai police's Economic Offences Wing till February 28.</p>
<p>Thiruvananthapuram: Congress in Kerala on Tuesday faced off against Bollywood actor <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/preity-zinta">Preity Zinta</a> over 'unpaid loans' by her and the actor flayed the party for 'spreading fake news about her' through social media.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/congress">Congress</a> Kerala shared on its X handle a news report that alleged that the actor turned entrepreneur gave her social media accounts to the BJP and got Rs. 18 crore written off by a bank that collapsed last week.</p><p>Terming the report fake, Zinta posted in her X handle that it was a shame that the party was promoting fake news. "I’m shocked that a political party or their representative is promoting fake news and indulging in vile gossip and clickbaits using my name and images," she said.</p><p>She also clarified that she had fully paid back the loan over ten years back.</p><p>Congress Kerala subsequently posted that they are glad to accept any mistake made and that they had just shared the news as such. </p>.<p>"Good to know you're managing your own account, unlike other celebs who have handed theirs over to the notorious IT cell," said Congress Kerala in the post.</p><p>Zinta said that no bank had written off any loan that she had taken. The <em>Veer-Zaara </em>star claimed that she had taken a loan over 10 years ago which was "fully paid back."</p><p>This comes at a time when <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/new-india-cooperative-banks-general-manager-held-for-misappropriating-rs-122-crore-3407681">Hitesh Mehta</a>, the general manager and head of accounts of the bank, has been accused of misappropriating Rs 122 crore from the bank's safe over a period of time. </p><p>He is currently in the custody of the Mumbai police's Economic Offences Wing till February 28.</p>