Lucknow, June 03: Extending its support to yoga guru Baba Ramdev on his movement against corruption, the BJP on Thursday stressed that it had been raking up the issue of corruption and black money for a long time.
The party alleged that corruption bred from the Centre and both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi were in the know of the festering malaise.
The BJP was also severe on the ruling BSP dispensation in UP. After inaugurating an exhibition at the Scientific Convention Centre, BJP president Nitin Gadkari highlighted 100 scams of the Mayawati Government during its tenure. The centre is the venue for the two-day working committee meeting of the BJP.
Gadkari said that the BJP endorses the views of Baba Ramdev regarding black money. “Advaniji has highlighted the issue of black money during the last Lok Sabha election. I too had written to the PM urging him to reveal the names of those having accounts in foreign banks. However, the PM did not care to take cognisance of the letter,” said Gadkari.
“It seems that the PM is wary that if the names of those having black money in foreign banks were revealed, the Congress would face huge embarrassment,” he stressed.
“Contrary to its public posture, the Congress has a lot to hide on the issue of black money,” Gadkari added.
——–Agencies