NEW DELHI: The BJP government has come under severe attack from many quarters following its disclosure of eight names in the Supreme court today. The government promised the apex court to reveal more names after following due procedure.
The names submitted today included Dabur India promoter Pradip Burman, bullion trader Pankaj Chamanlal Lodhiya, Goa mining company Timblo Private Ltd and five of its directors — Radha Satish Timblo, Chetan S Timblo, Rohan S Timblo, Anna C Timblo and Mallika R Timblo. The names were received from French authorities and other countries.
The Aam Aadmi Party issued a press release on Monday following the disclosure, saying they have been vindicated by the Centre’s submission in the apex court. The party referred to a press conference held by its leaders two years ago when they had announced a list with names of people allegedly stashing black money in foreign accounts.
“The government had received a list of those who have bank accounts in foreign banks abroad. First the Congress-led UPA and now the BJP government at the Centre is refusing to disclose all the names on this list,” the press release said.
“Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan had addressed a press conference on 9th November 2012, in which it was disclosed that the following names feature in this list:
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambai
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
Motech Software Private Ltd (Reliance Group company)
Reliance Industries Ltd
Sandeep Tandon
Anu Tandon Kokila
Dhirubhai Ambani
Naresh Kumar Goyal
Burmans (3 family members)
Yashovardhan Birla
“Today, the BJP government has disclosed three names, one of which happens to be Pradip Burman. This name was there in the list disclosed by us two years back and hence, it further validates our earlier disclosure.Let the government clarify whether the other names mentioned above also appear in that list or not,” it added.
“Income Tax department raided a few of those whose names appear in this list. On 9th Nov 2012, we had disclosed the statements made by three individuals – namely Parminder Singh Kalra, Vikram Dhirani and Praveen Sawhney – before Income Tax authorities, when their premises were raided. These three individuals admitted to the offence. Surprisingly, their names do not appear in the list of three people, whose names have been disclosed by the Finance Ministry today. Why?
“As per our information, action is being taken against those on the list selectively. Whereas harsh actions (like tax raids and prosecution) are being taken against some, the powerful ones are being let off,” the release said further.
