New Delhi: The government has dismissed India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal's allegations of black money against big corporate houses, saying there is nothing new in it. "Nothing new in the allegations. This has already been discussed in Parliament. Government may issue a statement if required," the government said.
Meanwhile, Kejriwal has defended his allegations of black money against big corporate houses. "The government is not able to force the banks to give details of account holders. Are we a banana republic," Kejriwal asked. "Set up a Jan Lokpal and an independent agency to investigate the cases or else there will never be an honest investigation against high and mighty," he added.
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said investigations will begin only if there's a formal complaint is made. "Let me turn to Kejriwal. He's welcome to make these allegations. If he has material, it will be taken into account. There's no doubt. Nobody is belittling him. If he's made allegations against anyone, of course not everyone has the same freedom as he does, but if they are disclosing something in the nature of what he said, you can be rest assured investigation will start. That's about it. What else should we do? We can't go to cameras. If there is credible information, if I have information about you, will I go only to the cameras? Will I have only a press conference? You can have a press conference because you like publicity. But thereafter, send the information
07:38 AM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Friday targeted several top Indian business groups and a Congress MP, alleging that they had stashed black money worth several hundred crores in the HSBC Bank in Geneva, Switzerland. He claimed that a senior Congress leader gave him the details about the black money. "The black money from Swiss banks can come but the government doesn't wish to bring it back,"...
02:14 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Chennai: Does an erstwhile Pandya king really hold a Swiss bank account? The Madras High Court has directed the Union finance ministry to unlock the mystery and file a report within three weeks. A division bench on Monday gave the direction while passing further interim orders on a writ petition from R Padmini Rani, wife of S K N Raveendranath of Tirunelveli, who claimed she was legal heir of Varaguna...
11:00 AM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: As part of efforts to fight black money, the government has decided to double the strength of the crucial foreign tax division in Finance Ministry which handles classified tax related information between India, tax haven nations and other countries. The Ministry recently gave approval for creating a new unit in the Foreign Tax and Tax Research (FT and TR) division under the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)...
11:40 AM, Jan 01, 2012
New Delhi: The government has received information about Indians having accounts in Swiss banks and is taking appropriate action to bring back funds stashed abroad, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. "We have received some information with regard to some deposits in Swiss Bank", Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Rajya Sabha. "Whenever information about money deposited in any foreign bank account is obtained the same is first verified and then...
04:20 PM, Aug 02, 2011
Bareilly: BJP MP Maneka Gandhi has alleged that half of India's black money stashed in Swiss banks belonged to ministers, leaders and supporters of the Congress party. The BJP leader, while talking to reporters on Sunday night, also alleged that the Congress had kept CBI in its locker and used the agency as and when it required. She also slammed the Congress party's attitude towards Baba Ramdev and social activist...
11:37 AM, Jun 20, 2011
Multi crore tax evader Hasan Ali's friend and associate Kashinath Tapuriah was arrested on Thursday by the enforcement directorate. Sources tell CNN-IBN Tapuriah operated Ali's Swiss account. ...
10:22 PM, Mar 24, 2011
A former Swiss banker hands over banking secrets of the rich and famous to whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. He says he wants the world to know about the secret money. ...
08:33 AM, Jan 18, 2011
Country's envoy to India tells CNN-IBN laws are going to change. ...
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