Quit Politics & Face Law For Amassing Looted Wealth In Swiss Banks; SAD To Amarinder
25 November, Chandigarh
The Shiromani Akali Dal Wednesday asked the Congress leader Captain Amarinder SIngh to quit politics and face the law of the land as an ordinary criminal for misusing politics as a shield for amassing corrupt wealth and siphoning off billions of dollars through fraudulent accounts in Swiss banks.
“A person and family facing such grave allegations of personal dishonesty have no right to be in public life. As Chief Minister of Punjab, Amarinder had been misusing the trust of the people to defraud them of their hard earned money.,” said senior Akali leaders S Balwinder SIngh Bhunder, Prof Prem SIngh Chandumajra and MaheshInder Singh Grewal.
The Federal Tax Administration of Switzerland has given ten days time to UPA Minister Perneet Kaur to file an appeal for exercise of the right to be heard whereas she had denied having any account in her name with any foreign bank when it was leaded in HSBC list. India has sought help from Swiss authorities, into alleged foreign bank accounts of former Preneet Kaur and her son.
The party has asked the Centre to bring this money back to India and hand it over to the people of Punjab as it is their money looted during the tenure of Captain Singh as Chief Minister,” said the Akali leaders.
“The cat is now out of the bag. Now through the Swiss Tax Department notification regarding accounts held in the Swiss Banks by Captain Amarinder Singh’s family, including his wife Praneet Kaur and son Raninder Singh.
Captain looted Punjab to the tune of thousands of crores of ruppes during his tenure as Chief Minister and stashed away that money in Swiss Banks,” said the Akali leaders In a statement here, the SAD leaders also referred to the infamous Intranet scam involving Captain SIngh’s family, especially his son, Raninder Singh. The scam had been exposed by the newspapers during Captain Singh’s Chief Ministerial term.
The leaders also said that it was shocking that Kaur held the high office of the Minister of State for External Affairs while she was actually carrying out money siphoning activities on behalf of her husband. She had denied having any accounts in Swiss banks but now the Swiss authorities have confirmed.