Black money: Congress attacks Centre in both houses of Parliament

During the debate on the issue, Congress took the initiative to corner the government in both the houses.

While Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge was handed the responsibility, another Congress leader Anand Sharma took the reins in Rajya Sabha.

In Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge accused Modi government of "making a mountain out of a molehill". He said, "NDA questions our integrity, what about theirs? Mountain out of a molehill (khoda pahaad nikla chuha). Government must stop big talk. Government said there were 50 names, didn't reveal them."

Kharge said, "There were discussions on black money even at G-20. Want to know how many countries PM is talking to to bring back black money."

Attacking BJP's pre-election mandates about bringing back black money within 100 days in power, Kharge said, "People of this country should know that the propaganda done earlier, there is a saying a chicken worth 4 rupees and spice worth 10 rupees. Leave the election speeches aside, how are you going to solve this problem."

"Black money was used as a tool to attack government in office, institutions of the state, by alleging that lakhs of crores of black money stashed abroad and government turning a blind eye. Today there is an opportunity to say sorry, you gave them false dreams, dreams of 15 lakh are false ones," he added.

In Rajya Sabha, Congress leader and former minister Anand Sharma took the attack to BJP.

He said, "Cases of tax violation have to dealt with appropriately."

Like Kharge, Sharma was also highly critical of BJP's claims made in election-mandate.

He said, "To attack government in office by alleging that there are lakhs stashed abroad, if I take this house's memory back to 2011. Promise was made to bring back black money within 100 days." 

Sharma added, "Country has been misled, credit was not given to the government for signing agreements with other countries. We didn't misled the people of this country, we didn't say Rs 386 lakh crore as said by a Baba is lying in accounts abroad. "

Sharma also attacked Modi of his promise, he made during general elections which ran on you-tube.

He said, "PM had said it is on YouTube, the money that will come back will be equivalent to 5-year's budget. He said that every citizen will have Rs 15 lakh in his account."