Black Money: Congress Dares FM Arun Jaitley To Come Out With All Names

Reacting sharply to Jaitley's remarks, Maken said, "There is no need to blackmail Congress. Whatever names they have, they should reveal and act as they have a government. They should not try to blackmail us. We also tell them not to limit the declaration of names only to 136 individuals. We want to tell the BJP and the Prime Minister that half truth is not the truth. They should not go for selective and vindictive leakages. They should come out with all the names."

Maken also recalled that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his Lok Sabha election campaign, had said that if the black money is brought back, each citizen will have Rs 15 lakh while Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who was then BJP President, had promised to bring back black money within 100 days.

"Do not mislead people about names. People of the country are not going to get into this trap of names. People of the country are waiting that when will the government bring back black money. 100 days have already passed and it is to be 150 days. So not not a single penny has come. People of the country including me are waiting for Rs 15 lakh to come into their accounts as was promised by Modi ji," he said.

Dismissing Jaitley's remarks, AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh accused Jaitley of "bluffing" while Youth Congress chief Rajiv Satav wondered what is stopping the Finance Minister from naming those people.

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