BJP, TDP hand-in-glove, says Raghuveera Reddy

November 13, 2016 12:00 am | Updated December 02, 2016 03:15 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA:

The BJP and the TDP are hand-in-glove with regard to steps being taken by the Centre to regulate black money, APCC president N Raghuveera Reddy has said.

Addressing the media after inaugurating the Youth Congress and NSUI activists’ training classes here on Saturday, he wondered how the BJP leaders in some states got to know about demonetisation of large notes. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s letter seeking scrapping of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes was also the cause for tremendous suspicion, Mr. Raghuveera Reddy said. Mr Naidu’s demand for scrapping of the Rs. 2,000 currency note was also a cause for suspicion, he said.

The Congress was not opposed to ‘meaningful’ steps taken against regulation of black money, but it was not ready to sit quiet if the government tried to punish the common man.

He asked what happened to the promise made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi about retrieving Rs. 80 lakh crore stashed away in foreign banks. The demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was just a gimmick to divert attention from the failure to achieve the election promise of retrieving the black money that was stashed in foreign banks, Mr Raghuveera Reddy said.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.