Black money should be used for public welfare: Rahul Gandhi
January 29th, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Jan 29 (IANS) The black money stashed in banks abroad belonged to the people and must be utilised for their welfare, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Saturday.”The Indian Youth Congress is ready to ensure that this money can be channelized for public welfare activities,” Gandhi told reporters here while replying to a question on the huge unaccounted cash stashed in foreign banks for tax evasion.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had Tuesday said $462 billion to $1.4 trillion in black money is estimated to have been stashed abroad by Indians and all steps were being taken to bring it back.
Gandhi was addressing the media on the final day of his three-day visit to Maharashtra.
He is scheduled to travel to the Konkan region of the state later in the day as part of his drive to attract youth to the Congress.
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