Take up black money issue with government: Advani to President

By Express News Service - NEW DELHI

11th April 2013 07:40 AM

• “The success of an inclusive development strategy critically depends on the capacity of our society to root out the evil of corruption and black money from its very foundations," Advani wrote on his blog. (AP/File)

BJP leader L K Advani on Wednesday urged President Pranab Mukherjee to get the government to bring back black money as was promised in a white paper presented in Parliament over a year ago.

Writing on his blog, Advani expressed disappointment that since the white paper on black money was presented in May 2012 by Pranab, who was then the Union Finance Minister, no follow-up action had been taken.

“I wish to urge Pranab Mukherjee, who is today in a far more exalted position than he was when he presented his white paper, to ensure that the promise made to the people in this document is fulfilled by the government both in letter and spirit,” the BJP patriarch wrote.

Advani recalled that “Pranabda” had said in Parliament: “There is no doubt that manifestation of black money in social, economic and political space of our lives has a debilitating effect on the institutions of governance and conduct of public policy in the country. Governance failure and corruption in the system affect the poor disproportionately. 

“The success of an inclusive development strategy critically depends on the capacity of our society to root out the evil of corruption and black money from its very foundations.”