Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday made the alleged Swiss Bank accounts of Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh and his family, public, where he accused Punjab’s former Chief Minister of amassing huge wealth during his tenure from 2002 to 2007.
Kejriwal, addressing a rally at Kotshamir near Bathinda on the second day of his 11-day state visit, revealed the bank accounts detail of Capt Amarinder’s wife and former Union Minister Parneet Kaur who had opened bank accounts in the Swiss bank in 2005 under the account number 509018445.
He alleged that Capt Amarinder’s son, Raninder Singh, has also opened his account in the Swiss bank on the same day with the account number 5090184484. “Besides these accounts, they also had formed a trust where the family has been amassing their ill-gotten money…The trust was being operated under the account number 5090284483,” he added.
Kejriwal openly challenged Capt Amarinder that if any information he had revealed was found to be wrong, the Congress leader was is free to file a defamation case against him and send him to jail.
Making a scathing attack on Patiala Royal, Kejriwal said that before coming into power in 2002, Capt Amarinder had gone bankrupt and did not have enough money even to get his Moti Mahal whitewashed.
Within three years after coming to power, he (Captain) and his family opened accounts in the Swiss bank, where the family member used to transfer a huge sum of money every month, Kejriwal said.
Kejriwal also challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, if he had the will and mettle to bring out the black money stashed in these foreign bank accounts by Amarinder Singh and his family. “Instead of going after the poor people and the common man, PM should go after people like Amarinder Singh to bring back the black money stashed in foreign accounts”, he said.
Taking on the Badals, Kejriwal said, “Badals, during the last 10 years of misrule, amassed huge money due to their control over almost all businesses including Transport, Cable, mining, and liquor among others.”
“After coming to power, we will set up an enquiry commission to investigate Badals’ illegalities and get them enquired and punish them as per law of land,” he added.
He reiterated that contacts of mining and bus permits, which Badals obtained through misuse of power, would be taken back and would be distributed to unemployed youth, once AAP is voted to power.