Govt. not serious about black money issue, names revealed are already known: AAP

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi Marlena on Monday said that it is clear that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is not serious about the issue of black money as the names listed in connection with it had already been announced in the past.

"The names in the paper today were announced by us in the past, we want black money SIT's scope to be expanded. If a newspaper can bring out the names why not the government? It's clear that this government is not serious when it comes to bringing back black money," said Marlena.

According to reports, the government is expected to disclose the names of over 60 Indians and entities as part of its crackdown on black money accounts as reported in the HSBC bank's Geneva branch list.

Earlier in December, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) had submitted a report to the Supreme Court which revealed that persons on the HSBC list held Rs. 4,479 crores in Swiss banks.

In an official statement released by the SIT, it had said that out of 628 names on the HSBC list received from France, 201 are either non-residents or non-traceable, leaving 427 persons' cases as actionable cases.

The Supreme Court had directed the Centre to ensure that the ongoing probe on those suspected of stashing black money in bank accounts abroad is completed by March 2015.

Recovering the black money stashed abroad was also a prominent topic in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's election manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls.