Dacoits have looted India
Ram Jethmalani | December 17, 2010 | Updated 00:00 ISTThe Rule of Law is wholly repugnant to the Rule of Scams in India. India is a rich country but large sections of the nation have been condemned to misery and almost non-human existence by the powerful dacoits who have over the years stolen enormous wealth belonging to the nation. An estimate of the booty is about $1,500 billion, an amount that will provide about Rs 2 lakh to every Indian family. Thirty-seven per cent of India's population lives below the poverty line; more than 2.5 million children go to bed every night without a morsel of food in their stomachs.
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The November 1991 issue of Schweizer Illustrierte, the most popular magazine of Switzerland, carried an exposé of 14 politicians from developing nations who had stashed their bribes in Swiss banks. It alleged that Rajiv Gandhi was one of them, and put his figure at 2.5 billion Swiss francs. Schweizer Illustrierte is not some rag; it sells some 2,10,000 copies. Does that account still exist, if the allegation is correct?
The Gandhi family has neither denied the allegations, nor taken legal action against the Swiss magazine or Indian politicians like Subramanian Swamy, who has charged that illicit monies are being recycled through the stock market.
An allegation does not become true simply because it is made. It must be substantiated. But as the recent exposé of the 2G spectrum scandal indicates, it is the duty of government agencies to follow up when there seems to be some substance in the charge. If there is so much smoke, they must check out the fire. But the conduct of this Government, nominally headed by Manmohan Singh but controlled by the Uncrowned Empress and her heir apparent, has invariably been dishonest. A typical example is the answer given by the Ministry of Finance in Rajya Sabha on November 24, 2009 about Indian funds in Swiss bank accounts: "Efforts have been made from time-to-time to seek such information under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and Swiss Confederation. However the Swiss Federal Tax Administration has expressed its inability to exchange the information regarding bank deposits of Indian residents as the information was not necessary for the application of the DTAA between India and Swiss Confederation, but was required only for the enforcement of Indian internal laws." It also replied that "such information was not at their disposal under Swiss laws in the normal course of tax administration. Further in connection with the investigation of specific cases, Directorate of Enforcement, if deemed necessary, seeks information from foreign jurisdiction in respect of accounts held by Indian nationals/entities in banks located overseas. However no roving enquiries are made. There is no verifiable information available about money deposited with Swiss banks by Indians.''
The German Government has announced that it will share information obtained about illegal accounts with any friendly government without any precondition or cost. In the pending litigation in the Supreme Court, the Indian Government has admitted that it has received a list of names from Berlin but is refusing to disclose them on a false pretext. The Government is controlled by the thieves themselves and the stolen property can only be recovered by demolishing this Government and sending some of its leaders to jail.
Ram Jethmalani is a senior Supreme Court lawyer and a BJP MP
Swiss Account of Rajiv Gandhi-2.5 Billion Swiss francs?In Corruption, India on January 19, 2011 at 7:18 PMNo comments by Congress yet. Wikipedia says, Sonia Gandhi has $18.66 billion in Swiss Bank accountsBy Rocky Saggoo - Posted on 22 February 2011 UPA Chairperson and the President of All India Congress Committee "Sonia Gandhi" has around $9.41 billion (Rs 42,345 crore) to $18.66 billion (Rs 83,900 crore)in Swiss Bank accounts, according to the article on Wikipedia. According to the article, Swiss magazine Schweizer Illustrierte on 11 November 1991 revealed that Sonia Gandhi was controlling secret Swiss Bank accounts worth $2.2 billion (Rs 10,000 crore). If these are reports are true then India is in bigger trouble, you might have ever imagined. As, there are so many Indian politicians who are supposed to have bank accounts in Swiss Bank. Even if 20% of them are having bank accounts, still there would be billions of dollars of India rotting in Swiss Bank. http://www.newsofdelhi.com/politics-national/wikipedia-says-sonia-gandhi-has-18.66-billion-swiss-bank-accounts January 23, 2011 |
| Media Watch "$ 2.2 billion secret funds of the dynasty in Swiss banks" SENSATION, sensation, sensation! A most damning indictment of Sonia Gandhi has been made by S Gurumurthy in an article in The New Indian Express (January 3) that every Indian citizen should read. It accuses Sonia Gandhi of controlling a secret account with a Swiss bank that in 1988 was to the tune of $2.2 billion kept in the name of her minor son, Rahul. The charge, it appears, was originally made by a popular Swiss journal, Schweizer Illustrierte. Writes Gurumurthy: "The $2.2 billion account must have existed from before June 1988 when Rahul Gandhi attained majority. The loot in today's rupee value equals almost Rs 10,000 crore. Swiss banks invest and multiply the clients' monies, not keep them buried. Had it been invested in safe long-term, securities, the $2.2 billion would have multiplied to $ 9.41 billion (Rs 42,345 crore) by 2009. If it had been put in US stocks, it would have swelled to $12.97 billion (Rs 58,365 crore)…. Before the global financial meltdown in 2008, the $2.2 billion bribes in stocks would have peaked at $18.66 billion (Rs 83,900 crore). By any calculation, the present size of the $2.2 billion secret funds of the family in Swiss banks seems huge – anywhere between Rs 43,000 plus to some Rs 84,000 crore". According to Gurumurthy, there has been another expose, this one from the Russian spy outfit, KGB. It seems in December 2005, KGB chief, Victor Chebrikov had asked for authorisation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the then Soviet Union "to make payment in dollars to the family members of Rajiv Gandhi, namely, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Mrs Paola Maino, mother of Sonia Gandhi". All this had been disclosed, according to Guruswamy, years ago by even the Indian media. Based on leaks, The Hindu (July 4, 1992) reportedly wrote: "The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service admits the possibility that the KGB could have been involved in arranging profitable Soviet contract for the company controlled by Rajiv Gandhi family. Like The Hindu, other newspapers like The Statesman (December 31, 1988) and journals like India Today (December 27, 2010) have made disclosures about money stashed abroad by the Gandhi family. It now seems that Amal Dutta (CPM) also had raised the $ 2.2 billion issue in Parliament on December 7, 1991, but, says Guruswamy, "Speaker Shivraj Patil expunged the Gandhi name from the proceedings". Additionally it would seem Subramanian Swamy had put out the photo copies of the pages of Schweizer Illustrierte in his web site along with the mail of the Swiss magazine dated February 23, 2002 confirming that in its articles of November 1991 it had named Rajiv Gandhi with a total of Swiss Franc 2.5 billion ($2.2 billion) in secret account. Now, several questions arise. Are these stories correct or are they lies? If they are lies, will Sonia Gandhi take both Guruswamy and The New Indian Express to court for damaging her reputation? She would have every right to. When, years ago, a former Prime Minister, Morarji Desai, was charged with working for the CIA, he filed a libel suit in an American Court seeking $ 50 million in damages. In the present case, will Sonia Gandhi file a suit against Guruswamy? Or will she pretend that the story is so stupid that it would be below her dignity to fight it out in a Court? That would be a smart thing to do, especially considering that even the vilest crime gets forgotten within the bare space of thirty days! But suppose Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul maintain a discreet silence, what will Guruswamy do? Keep quiet? What should the public do? Also keep quiet? Consider this: according to published reports, one Hasan Ali, an alleged horse-breeder of Pune was found to have operated Swiss accounts involving over Rs 1.5 lakh crore! The Income Tax Department levied a tax of Rs 71,848 crore on. him for concealing Indian income in Swiss accounts. The case has reportedly been buried now! Guruswamy says that "some big names in the ruling circles" are reportedly linked to Hasan Ali, "and that explains why the government would not deepen the probe". Adds Gurumurthy: "The request sent to the Swiss Government was deliberately made faulty to ensure that the Swiss would not provide details… it is Hasan Alis and the like who transport through hawala the bribes of the corrupt from India. If Hasan is exposed, the corrupt will stand naked. This is how the hawala trader and the corrupt in India are mixed up". So where do we go from here? No where. Sonia Gandhi will say that someone is deliberately trying to malign her and planting stories in the media; and the sycophants in the Congress and the party spokespersons will name BJP leaders as equally guilty. There the matter ends. Which reminds me the DNA (October 11, 2009) had published a report which said that the anti-corruption branch (ACB) Delhi had summoned more than seventy – right, seventy – journalists on charges that they were accepting bribes from a Sub-Registrar. The story said that the accused sub-Registrar (name mentioned) who was arrested in September 2009 by the ACB, was demanding a bribe for preparing a Sale Deed and other documents. The ACB, DNA reported, uncovered name of several journalists "we were on the Sub-Registrar's pay roll and used to get paid Rs 1,000 to Rs 6,000 for not writing against him". According to DNA, the accused journalists belonged to various newspapers, channels and magazines. What happened to the seventy journalists? Were they released? Were they tried? The media is silent on the score. In the matter of the money stashed in Swiss Banks by Sonia Gandhi – allegedly stashed, shall we say – one shouldn't be surprised if silence prevails in Congress circles. Incidentally, dishonest industrialists, scandalous politicians and corrupts IAS, IRS and IPS officers have allegedly deposited in foreign banks in their illegal personal accounts a sum of about $ 1,500 billion that was misappropriated, which is about thirteen times larger than the country's foreign debt. Sonia Gandhi wishes to halt corruption. Very nice of her. The Prime Minister will support her. That is even more nice. But, as they say charity begins at home. So does admission of guilt. Charity means love of human kind. That is what Paul meant when he addressed Corinthians. Read the Bible Soniaji. Paul said: "Charity never faileth". Please don't fail us. http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=381&page=39 'Gandhi family has money stashed in Swiss banks' By IANS 21 Feb 2011 02:32:24 PM IST NEW DELHI: Veteran lawyer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ram Jethmalani Monday said that he believed that the Gandhi family has black money stashed in Swiss bank accounts. "I believe that the Gandhi family has money stashed in Swiss banks," Jethmalani told reporters outside Parliament. "Swiss magazines have written, even Kent books have written...Rahul Gandhi has been getting money from Swiss Bank. A whole advertisement appeared in the New York Times where this allegation was repeated," he said. A task force appointed by the BJP on the black money issue recently alleged that Sonia Gandhi and her husband, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, were among the Indians who held Swiss bank accounts abroad. Senior party leader L.K. Advani later wrote to Sonia Gandhi and regretted the mention of their names in the booklet. Jethmalani, however, said the letter was in no way an apology. "He (Advani) did not apologise, only said that for so many years you (Sonia Gandhi) did not give a denial and now you have given one," he said. http://expressbuzz.com/edition/print.aspx?artid=250089 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7539201.cms?prtpage=1 http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=105061 http://vivekajyoti.blogspot.com/2011/03/gandhi-family-has-black-money-in-swiss.html |
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