Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had maintained silence on the issue of black money and secret accounts deliberated during the G-20 summit. “The developed countries for the first time passed a resolution at the G-20 summit saying that they will impose economic restrictions and build up pressure against those countries who fail to declare on making black money and secret accounts public. But Manmohanji remained silent on the issue,” Mr. Modi claimed addressing a public meeting here.
The G-20 in its London summit last week had threatened to “name and shame” countries which are reportedly tax havens and decided to crack down on non-cooperative jurisdictions.
Questioning the alleged silence of the prime minister on the money which was lying in the secret accounts, Mr. Modi said he wondered whom Manmonhan Singh wanted to protect by not supporting on the issue.
He said around Rs 70 lakh crore money from India was stashed in financial institutes overseas including Swiss banks.
The Gujarat chief minister also said if Advani is voted to power, he would bring back such the money and utilize it for the betterment of the poor.
Mr. Modi alleged that every Congress leader, including Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy had become “upset” and lost their sleep over the issue.
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