NEW DELHI: Congress and the government clashed on Monday over Rahul Gandhi ’s question seeking a list of wilful bank defaulters, with minister of state for finance Anurag Thakur saying it was on the CIC website. He also raked up reports of sale of an M F Hussain painting by the Gandhi family to Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor Congress MPs led by Rahul staged a walkout from Lok Sabha saying they were not satisfied with the government’s reply on bad loans and sought a list of wilful defaulters. Before that, the House witnessed noisy scenes as Rahul was not allowed a supplementary as question hour had ended. The protests started after Speaker Om Birla announced the end of question hour at noon. While asking the first supplementary, Rahul said he wanted to know the list of top 50 wilful defaulters, including funds given and the amount written off by banks.“The Indian economy is going through a difficult period. Banking is failing and many more banks are going to fail. One of the main reasons for failure of banks is stealing of bank money by a large number of people,” he said and added, “The PM had said those who have stolen the money will be brought back and punished. But I have not got the answer to my simple question.”Thakur said the the entire list of defaulters was on the website and there was nothing to hide from the government side and added that he was hearing about the sale of a painting — a reference to reports of Priyanka Gandhi selling a Hussain to Kapoor — which would take the discussion in a different direction. He also said Congress had given unsecured loans resulting in theft from banks. Rahul and Congress leader in the House Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury protested, saying finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman should reply.Thakur said the Modi government reviewed asset quality of banks and performance had improved to a great extent.Referring to the recent Yes Bank crisis, Thakur said the finance minister had already said banks were safe and the money deposited in Yes Bank was also safe.