Anna, TMC attack Modi on black money
20 Oct 2014 4:55 AM IST
‘Bringing back black money is an important issue before the nation. If needed, I won’t shirk from organising an agitation on this matter,’ he said in the letter.
Reminding Modi of his promise made during Lok Sabha poll campaign about bringing back black money once voted to power, the Gandhian voiced displeasure over the government submitting before the Supreme Court that all information on it received from countries with which India has Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) cannot be disclosed. ‘I have undertaken many agitations in the last 35 years. They were not against any party or individual but for the benefit of society and country,’ he said, adding ‘you (Modi) have a vast experience in power. I am a fakir and don’t have any wealth. I will live and die for the country.’
Hazare also said he had written to Modi on the issue of Lokpal in August but was still to receive a reply. Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress also said the central government has made a ‘u-turn’ on the black money issue which was ‘shocking’ and vowed to oppose it both inside and outside Parliament. ‘Trinammol Congress slammed BJP’s U-turn on black money (issue). (It is) shocking.
Legalistic arguments about black money by Govt are a cop-out. What concrete steps has BJP taken?
Setting up toothless Comm not enough,’ TMC spokesperson Derek O’ Brien tweeted.
‘BJP govt’s U-turn on black money shocking. Shows BJP and Cong r part of same cosy Delhi nexus. TMC will oppose this U-turn on the black money issue by the BJP. We will do all it takes,’ his tweet said. O’ Brien said: ‘When they were in opposition, BJP spoke in one language and now after formation of its government it is speaking in another.’
Reminding Modi of his promise made during Lok Sabha poll campaign about bringing back black money once voted to power, the Gandhian voiced displeasure over the government submitting before the Supreme Court that all information on it received from countries with which India has Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) cannot be disclosed. ‘I have undertaken many agitations in the last 35 years. They were not against any party or individual but for the benefit of society and country,’ he said, adding ‘you (Modi) have a vast experience in power. I am a fakir and don’t have any wealth. I will live and die for the country.’
Hazare also said he had written to Modi on the issue of Lokpal in August but was still to receive a reply. Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress also said the central government has made a ‘u-turn’ on the black money issue which was ‘shocking’ and vowed to oppose it both inside and outside Parliament. ‘Trinammol Congress slammed BJP’s U-turn on black money (issue). (It is) shocking.
Legalistic arguments about black money by Govt are a cop-out. What concrete steps has BJP taken?
Setting up toothless Comm not enough,’ TMC spokesperson Derek O’ Brien tweeted.
‘BJP govt’s U-turn on black money shocking. Shows BJP and Cong r part of same cosy Delhi nexus. TMC will oppose this U-turn on the black money issue by the BJP. We will do all it takes,’ his tweet said. O’ Brien said: ‘When they were in opposition, BJP spoke in one language and now after formation of its government it is speaking in another.’
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