To The Chairperson, SIT on Black Money, Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi. Dear Sir, The present NDA government has made the following three U-turns on the issue of black money after forming the government at centre. Therefore, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court led SIT remain the only hope for the people of India to get black money back to India and to get the guilty punished. 1. Prime Minister himself said in his speeches during elections that lakhs of crores of black money was stashed abroad. He promised the people that he would bring this money back to India and Rs 3 lakhs would be given gratis to each citizen from this amount. However, now the Prime Minister said in his “Mann ki baat” recently that he was not sure of how much money was lying abroad and it could even be just a few crores. 2. BJP had repeatedly demanded disclosure of the names on the list during UPA government. BJP even went to the extent of stalling Parliament proceedings when UPA refused to disclose those names. BJP promised to disclose these names when voted to power. However, after forming government at the centre, now NDA refuses to disclose those names citing exactly the same reasons which were being cited by previous UPA government. 3. BJP promised to bring back black money within 100 days. Now they say they are not sure when would it come. In fact, they are not even sure whether it would come at all. Why did BJP make sudden U-turns just within a few months of forming the government? It seems this is because some of the names on the list are believed to be close to BJP. Some people even believe that some of these names could even have funded BJP. The proximity of two prominent persons to the Prime Minister, whose names are on the list, has become well known recently. These two names are – Sh Mukesh Ambani and Sh Anil Ambani. The Prime Minister recently announced 9 people as his brand ambassadors for swachh bharat abhiyan. Mr Anil Ambani was named one of them. Subsequently, the Prime Minister went for the inauguration of Mr Mukesh Ambani’s hospital. The speech of Ms Nita Ambani, wife of Sh Mukesh Ambani, was tweeted by PMO’s handle live during the ceremony. A photograph of Mr Mukesh Ambani putting his hand around Mr Modi is doing the rounds, which shows how close Mr Mukesh Ambani is to the Prime Minister. The photograph is attached herewith. We are writing all this to prove that a message has gone to the entire bureaucracy that some of the names on the list are very close to the new Prime Minister (incidentally, they were close to the previous Prime Minister too) and that no action should be taken against them. We are told that now, no one in the bureaucracy has the courage to take any strict action against the high and mighty on the list. Information received from reliable whistleblowers tells us that selective action is being taken against those on the list depending upon how powerful one is. This selective action falls in following categories: 1. Some people have been raided, interrogated and made to pay taxes, penalty and are now being prosecuted. Why similar action has not been taken against others? 2. Around 200 people on the list were made to sign “consent” that they did not have objection if HSBC Bank provided their complete bank statements to Indian government. We understand that HSBC has provided complete bank statements of around 100 such people. The bank statements provided by HSBC match with the balance written in the government’s list. This establishes the credibility of this list. If some people have been made to sign “consent” statements and their complete statements obtained, then why this action has not been take against others? Also, we are told that those who have signed consent statements are being “unofficially” granted immunity from prosecution. Why? 3. The most powerful people on this list including some people from the Ambani family have been let off by making them revise their earlier returns in back date. They have been let off without any investigations. No penalty or prosecution has been launched against them. Why have they been selectively let off and not subjected to investigations, penalty and prosecution as in other cases? This clearly shows that action is being taken against those on the list selectively. Income Tax Department raided the premises of a few entities. These people confessed having illegal moneys in bank accounts abroad. They also told the entire modus operandi of how these accounts are opened and operated. They informed the income tax authorities that the Indian branches of these foreign banks provide home delivery services to High Networth Individuals (HNI) in India to open and operate bank accounts abroad. A person does not need to travel abroad even once to open or operate an account. The representatives from these banks approach HNIs in India, collect cash from them and open their bank accounts in their foreign branch. If that person needs to operate the account, he/she merely makes a phone call to the Indian branch and services are provided at his door step. Copies of statements made by 3 people whose premises were raided by income tax authorities are annexed. This clearly shows that these banks are directly involved in encouraging tax evasion and are transferring funds across borders through hawala. However, the government has not taken any action against these banks. If strong action were taken against these banks and their officials, these banks would provide complete list of all Indian accountholders in their foreign branches. This is exactly how US government was able to pressurize these banks into giving the list of all US citizens who had accounts in their foreign branches. The source of these funds also needs to be established. In our opinion, tax evasion in these cases is a small issue. Source and destination of these funds could be some crime also. These funds could either be sourced from or their destination could be for extortion, murder, terrorism etc. Even if the money has been siphoned from the accounts of any company through under or overinvoicing, it still constitutes a criminal activity. Therefore, this information should be passed onto other agencies and source and destination of these funds ought to be established. In nutshell, we would urge SIT to take following action: 1. SIT should send a strongly worded message to all investigating agencies and its officials that howsoever mighty one be, same investigating procedures should be applied to all. No one should be let off. If any officer is found to be lenient against anyone on the list, the officer would be proceeded against. 2. Those on the list should not be selectively investigated. Similar action should be taken against all of them. The revised returns filed by the most powerful people on this list should be rejected and they should be subjected to same investigations as others. 3. Complete bank statements (from the time that the account was opened till date) of all names on the list should be obtained from HSBC. 4. Each transaction in each bank statement (both credit and debit) should be investigated. This would lead to newer accounts as each transaction would involve a new person who may also have an illicit account. 5. The foreign banks which indulged in hawala and who encouraged tax evasion should be proceeded against and compelled to give complete lists of all Indian accountholders in their branches abroad. 6. This information should be shared with other agencies to investigate the source and destination of these funds to find out if these funds had anything to do with any criminal activity. We are confident that if the government shows political will and undertakes honest investigations, it is possible to get most of the black money back to India. However, it appears that first the UPA and now the NDA do not have the political will. Aam Admi Party is fully committed to get black money back to India and to get the guilty punished. We would be more than willing to help you in any way whenever you need us. I have filed an affidavit in Supreme Court in this regard. The same is annexed hereto. Warm regards Yours sincerely Arvind Kejriwal!
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:11:25 +0000
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