Rahul challenges NaMo to make Swiss bank list public
24 December, Dharmasala
Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi today lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his demonetisation decision and demanded that the Government make public the list of Swiss Bank account holders, submitted in the court.
Addressing a public meeting at Dharamshala Police ground here, Gandhi, in the speech on the completion of four years of Virbhadra Singh’s rule in Himachal Pradesh, said that demonetisation was well planed move to rob out the common man and middle class like World War-II fire bombing.
The Government’s decision to demonetise high value currency notes was akin to ‘firebombing the Indian cash economy, he stressed.
Gandhi asked who are the people in the list of Swiss Bank, supplied to the Indian Government and whom Mr Modi want to protect should be made public. “Modiji, you have divided India into two parts. On one side is the one percent rich and on the other stand the middle class and the poor,” said Mr Gandhi.
“In India, black money in the form of cash is only about six percent while rest 94 percent is in form of gold, real estate and deposits in foreign banks.”
He argued why the Government took action against six percent black money holders “rather than 50 households who are holding 60 percent of black money”. These 50 households are allowed to go with the Prime Minister during his most of foreign tours.
The Congress scion also accused the Prime Minister of breaking the backbone of cities like Shimla and Dharamshala with the demonetisation move. “Modiji, you have removed the ‘HAT’ of Himachal Pradesh Horticulture, Agriculture and Tourism have been heavily hit,” Mr Gandhi said and added, “When I ask questions, he mocks me. Mock me all you want but answer my questions.”
Gandhi gave an instance of demise of a child named Kush in Mainpuri of Uttar Pradesh during demonetisation move as his parents could not mange money for his treatments as they were cashless.
Gandhi said banning of high currency notes is to help the big corporate to waive off 1.80-lakh-crore banks loans after forcing the common man and middle class to keep surrendered their hard earned money in banks forcibly.