NEW DELHI: Daring the Prime Minister to sack Union minister Jayant Sinha and act against BJP leaders mentioned in "Paradise papers", Congress said Narendra Modi stood exposed on the issue of black money because he has not taken action on either the Panama papers or on Liechtenstein bank account holders. The Left parties demanded a probe into the freshly leaked documents.
Congress said party leaders mentioned in "Paradise papers" like Sachin Pilot and sons of Veerappa Moily and Vyalar Ravi have already been booked by government agencies like ED and CBI even though they are not in public life and have rubbished the charges.
AICC spokesman Randeep Surjewala said PM Modi had taken no action against the son of Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Singh whose name figures in Panama papers. Saying that Paradise papers mention the business dealings of Jayant Sinha, Rajya Sabha MP R K Sinha and other BJP leaders, Surjewala said they should be acted against as they have not mentioned these details to the EC or to the government.
Surjewala dared the PM to hand over the information to the Supreme Court constituted SIT on black money.
Congress said Liechtenstein documents, and Panama and Paradise papers have named 2,432 account holders and the government should disclose those names.
Seeking a probe, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat said, "This shows how misplaced and irrelevant demonetisation has been. The exposure of the Paradise papers should lead the Modi government to admit its total failure in tackling black money and tax evasion in one year since demonetisation."
He added that Paradise papers pointed to the larger issue of the lack of a regulatory authority to handle tax evasions of this nature. "In our country, there is hardly any law to handle this industrial scale of tax evasion. What is needed is not only an investigation into individual cases, but also to set up a regulatory authority that can actually bring this within the purview of law," he said. CPI secretary D Raja said, "PM Modi, in his rallies, said Congress is synonymous with corruption. But now that people from his own party have been named, what does he have to say? He must clear the air."
Congress said party leaders mentioned in "Paradise papers" like Sachin Pilot and sons of Veerappa Moily and Vyalar Ravi have already been booked by government agencies like ED and CBI even though they are not in public life and have rubbished the charges.
AICC spokesman Randeep Surjewala said PM Modi had taken no action against the son of Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Singh whose name figures in Panama papers. Saying that Paradise papers mention the business dealings of Jayant Sinha, Rajya Sabha MP R K Sinha and other BJP leaders, Surjewala said they should be acted against as they have not mentioned these details to the EC or to the government.
Surjewala dared the PM to hand over the information to the Supreme Court constituted SIT on black money.
Congress said Liechtenstein documents, and Panama and Paradise papers have named 2,432 account holders and the government should disclose those names.
Seeking a probe, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat said, "This shows how misplaced and irrelevant demonetisation has been. The exposure of the Paradise papers should lead the Modi government to admit its total failure in tackling black money and tax evasion in one year since demonetisation."
He added that Paradise papers pointed to the larger issue of the lack of a regulatory authority to handle tax evasions of this nature. "In our country, there is hardly any law to handle this industrial scale of tax evasion. What is needed is not only an investigation into individual cases, but also to set up a regulatory authority that can actually bring this within the purview of law," he said. CPI secretary D Raja said, "PM Modi, in his rallies, said Congress is synonymous with corruption. But now that people from his own party have been named, what does he have to say? He must clear the air."
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