Subramanian Swamy wants black money nationalised
State’s takeover of the accounts of Indians in banks abroad is a
sure way of getting back the black money stashed outside the country, Janata
Party president and noted economist Subramanian Swamy has said.
He was answering a question during a question-answer session
after delivering a lecture on ‘FDI in Retail, Corruption and Black Money
vis-a-vis Indian Economy’ organised by the Rajasthani Graduates Association at
RG Kedia College here on Monday.
He said nationalisation of the accounts in foreign banks would
make them national wealth and the money, with the help of UN, can be brought
back to India. ‘’If a person proves that his account in the foreign bank is all
genuine and legitimate, that account will be freed and the money could be given
back to them,’’ he said.
On Narendra Modi as prime ministerial candidate, he said the
publicity was a design of the Congress to create a rift in the BJP. No prime
ministerial candidate had been announced prior to polls. ‘’I will be the first
person to welcome if Modi’s name is announced,’’ he said.
In his lecture, Swamy said there were two types of financial
flow from one country to another: FDI is long term and ‘hot money’ the short
term. ‘’Foreign bank loans, investment in equities and bonds by foreign
countries and people come under the definition of hot money. It should not be
more than 10 percent in the country but has increased in the last seven to eight
years to 40 percent. It is a worrying factor since it can destabilise the
country’s economy,’’ he said and recalled the economic crisis in Japan in the
late 70s and in Latin America.
He attributed the credit for the economic reforms of the 90s to
former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao who, he said, was insulted by his own
party in later years.
Saying that he was wary of the new economic changes, Swamy said,
‘’A US company would get loan at the rate of 2 percent form its bank in the US,
invest it here, use the cheap labour and reap riches while an Indian company,
which gets a loan at an interest rate of 12 to 18 percent, cannot compete with
it.’’
He emphasised the need for Indians returning to their roots and
respecting their culture and traditions instead of blindly following western
thought.
Janata Party
president Subramanian Swamy said that he will expose another major scam in the coming days. Dr Swamy
was in Hyderabad last month to address a meeting of Patriotic Tweeples and was talking tp press persons.
In Hyderabad Dr Swamy
addressed a gathering of rajasthani citizens at Kedia College on February 9.
Without
elaborating on his proposed expose, Mr. Swamy said in the same breath “I will
not leave P. Chidambaram (Union Finance Minister) though he got a reprieve from
a two judge bench of the Supreme Court which dismissed his review petition in
the 2 G scam. I will catch Chidambaram in a curative petition before the
general elections”, he said delivering a lecture on foreign direct investment
(FDI) and corruption which was organised by Rajasthani Graduates Assocaition on
Saturday.
On dismissal of his petition against Union home minister P Chidambaram, he said he would appeal for a review. ‘’Main usko Chodunga Nahi,’’he said and revealed that there were 16 petitions pending against Chidambaram.
On Kejriwal’s charges against Robert Vadra, the Janta Party chief said had Kejriwal approached a court, Vadra could not have got a chance to cover his tracks.
Asserting
that Mr. Chidambaram was fit to be his “target practice”, Mr. Swamy said he did
not expect the former to contest the elections as the Congress would like to
get relieved of him.
He added
that he will not spare anyone in corruption cases but said he will make Robert
Vadra an exception because it would be to the advantage of UPA chairperson
Sonia Gandhi if he initiated legal action against him for irregularities.
The
relationship between Mr. Vadra and his mother-in-law were very strained, he
alleged.
Discussing
the dangers of FDI, he said they were on account of capital infusion by foreign
players like Walmart after borrowing funds in their countries at an interest
rate of 2 per cent and exploiting cheap labour here to outwit domestic
investors who paid interest as high as 12 to 18 per cent. If a level playing
field was ensured, he said the domestic investors would drive away their
foreign competitors.
‘I will not
leave P. Chidambaram though he got a reprieve from the Supreme Court. I will
catch him in a curative petition before the general elections’
( Courtesey Express News Service and The Hindu)
