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| Do Not Have Foreign Bank Account: UPA Minister Preneet Kaur to NDTV
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| INDIA
, 27-October-2014
6:47:31 AM |
| A minister in Dr Manmohan Singh's government today confirmed to NDTV that she is being investigated for holding black money abroad, a charge she firmly denied. "In keeping with my reply to the IT (Income Tax) department, I should like to state that I never have had, and do not have any bank account(s) overseas in my name with any foreign bank," said the Congress party's Preneet Kaur.
Preneet, who served as Junior Foreign Minister and is the wife of Congress heavyweight Amarinder Singh, is one of four people from the party who are being investigated for funneling untaxed or black money to bank accounts in Switzerland; sources said the others are a former Congress parliamentarian from Uttar Pradesh and two members of a well-known political family from Maharashtra.
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Amid reports that a former union minister has been shortlisted for scrutiny, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told NDTV last week that a "big Congress name" is on the list of Indians who allegedly hold illicit accounts at HSBC in Switzerland. In retaliation, Mr Jaitley's predecessor, P Chidambaram, told NDTV that "Whatever name is there will embarrass the individual, the party won't be (embarrassed)."
The Supreme Court has been monitoring investigations into black money since 2009, based on a petition by lawyer Ram Jethmalani. Today, the government shared three names of alleged illicit account holders with the top court - Pradip Burman of the Dabur India group, Rajkot-based bullion trader Pankaj Chimanlal Lodhiya and five members of Goa-based mining firm Timblo.
The BJP, which swept the national election, vowed during its campaign to bring back black money "within 100 days".
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