He also added that clean elections are like a “well spring of legitimacy” for the leadership and the people of the country and if this was contaminated by such issues, the common man becomes “cynical” about the entire system, which is an area of concern.
"It appears through these chain of documents that Kingfisher Airlines was owned not by Vijay Mallya but by the Gandhi family," Sambit Patra said
We want an answer from Rahul Gandhi on the way he has used black money for his own personal use: Sambit Patra
According to a statement issued by the External Affairs Ministry, the two ministers took stock of the progress made in key areas of interest such as trade and investment, education, information technology and tourism.
“Earlier data that claimed 50 per cent increase was misinterpreted,” said the finance minister in Rajya Sabha.
In a Facebook blog, Arun Jaitley pointed out that those who participate in a public discourse must understand basic facts before expressing an opinion which may be ill-informed.
Rahul Gandhi reminded PM Modi that he had promised to bring back all illegal money stashed abroad and “deposit Rs 15 lakh in each Indian bank account”.
Money parked by Indians in Swiss banks rose over 50 per cent to CHF 1.01 billion (Rs 7,000 crore) in 2017, reversing a three-year downward trend amid India's clampdown on suspected black money stashed there
"The buzz in Delhi is that Nirmala Sitharaman will be removed as Defence Minister and appointed as lawyer of the Income Tax Department. Welcome to the bar, Sitharaman," tweeted Chidmabaram, a senior lawyer himself.
Addressing a press conference on the issue, Sitharaman claimed that Chidambaram didn't disclose its investments to tax authority, violating Black Money Law, which was brought by Modi govt as part of its drive against black money and to prosecute those Indians who have secretly stashed illicit wealth abroad.
The charge-sheets or prosecution complaints have been filed by the department before a special court in Chennai under Section 50 of the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, officials said.
Officials said the SIT recently held a meeting in the national capital during which it was briefed about the overall scenario of the operations of this virtual currency in the country.
In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Arun Jaitley informed that at the time of demonetisation, high denomination notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 amounting to Rs 15.44 lakh crore were in circulation.
Jethmalani was addressing students and faculty of Amity Law School at Amity University's Gurugram campus after inaugurating a three-day National Moot Court Competition.
The crackdown by I-T Department comes a day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) launched an investigation 79 shell companies owned by the Gitanjali Group chief Mehul Choksi and 41 owned by Modi in India.
Making details of the recent operation public, the department also said that it had detected the role of a Chinese firm, in some instances, in "paying commission" to local middlemen, outside India.
Opposition leader, who was putting up questions for the prime minister throughout his trip, today chose to attack the PM on the issue of blackmoney.
The UP government said prima facie no terror link had been established.
At least 2.26 lakh companies have already been deregistered and around 3.09 lakh directors associated with these entities have been disqualified.
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