New Delhi: Alleging that the ruling BJP has “befooled” the public on the black money issue, the Congress on Wednesday dared the Modi government to make public names of all those having foreign bank accounts.
The BJP, however, insisted that the Centre was sincere in its intention to bring back the black money stashed abroad and was effectively working in this direction.
The issue will now be the Congress’ main plank against the BJP in the upcoming Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, with the party going into offensive against the Centre on this issue.
The Congress also advised the Modi government to follow “baatein kam kaam zyada (talk less and work more)”.
Slamming the ruling party for making “tall” promises on black money during the Lok Sabha polls, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said it had vowed to disclose “55,000 accounts” during the election campaign but “even Rs 55 has not come in five months” after it came to power.
The Congress’ attack on came as the Centre placed a list of 627 Indian account holders in HSBC, Geneva, before the Supreme Court, complying with its direction.
Congress leader Manish Tewari said, “During the last five years, the BJP has been shouting that if they have the names, they will make it public and bring back the black money within 100 days and distribute it among the public.. so, they have to stand by their words. The government should immediately make public all those names.”
