New Delhi,
\nIn a scathing attack on former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, the BJP on Sunday called the filling of criminal cases against him and his family as a \u201cNawaz Sharif moment\u201d for the Congress party.<\/p>\n
In a series of tweets BJP chief Amit Shah said: \u201cUnder the Black Money Act, 4 chargesheets have been filed against P Chidambaram and his family for possessing and operating several illegal assets and accounts in foreign countries. IT estimates illegal assets held by UPA’s FM to be to the tune of 3 billion dollars!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis explains why despite Supreme Court’s orders Sonia Gandhi, former PM Dr Manmohan Singh & then FM P Chidambaram dragged their feet on formation of SIT, one of the first decisions taken by Modi govt, to fight Black Money! How could they indict their own selves?\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called the cases a \u201cNawaz Sharif moment\u201d for the Congress.
\nThe Income Tax Department had filed four criminal complaints against the former UPA minister and members of his family before a special court in Chennai and his family members.<\/p>\n
Accusing the Congress of not taking any action against Chidambaram for allegedly failing to disclose foreign assets, Sitharaman said the alleged financial discrepancies could not be an overlooked by the party and demanded to know how the former finance minister forgot to reveal details of his family\u2019s foreign investments.<\/p>\n
She also asked whether Congress president Rahul Gandhi would investigate the matter. \u201cCongress president Rahul Gandhi, who is himself out on bail should come out and tell us if he is going to investigate this case involving one of his leaders,\u201d Sitharaman said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, P Chidambaram hit back at Sitharaman on Sunday with a tongue-in-cheek tweet, saying that there was a buzz she would be removed from the Cabinet and appointed a lawyer of the Income Tax Department.<\/p>\n
Chidambaram\u2019s dig on Twitter came soon after the Defence Minister\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n
The Congress leader reminded the ruling BJP of its failure to bring back black money from abroad and deposit Rs 15 lakh in every Indian\u2019s bank account, as promised by it before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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