 "Arvind Kejriwal")
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of protecting his "corporate friends" while carrying out note ban and sought to link him with some "big politicians" whose names had come up during a probe by CBI and income-tax department. CBI is Central Bureau of Investigation.
Addressing an emergency session of Delhi legislative assembly, he also asked why Modi was not taking action against those named on the list of Swiss bank account holders and in Panama Papers, a leak of 11.5 million files from the database of offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca.
The day-long session convened to discuss note ban saw BJP leader Vijender Gupta raising objections to the chief minister dragging Modi's name into the debate. BJP is Bharatiya Janata Party.
When attempts by Speaker Ram Niwas Goel to rein in Gupta failed, he was marshalled out and the debate continued. Delhi chief minister also made several allegations against Modi relating to the period when he the Gujarat chief minister. Kejriwal asked if Modi would follow BJP leader L K Advani's example, who had "set a precedent" by resigning when his "initials L K A" surfaced in the hawala scam. Hawala is a traditional system of transferring money, whereby money is paid to an agent who then instructs an associate in the relevant area to pay the final recipient.
