Venkaiah Naidu said he hoped that the opposition parties would understand the "mood of the nation".
The Opposition parties have decided to show a united front in Parliament today to corner the ruling NDA on the issue of repatriation of black money. The Trinamool Congress and the JD(U) have already given a notice for the suspension of the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha to discuss the black money issue.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who is already on the warpath against the BJP, has declared that she would "politically retaliate" against her party being dragged into the Saradha scam.
On Sunday, Ms Banerjee had warned that her Parliamentarians would take on the government over the repatriation of black money. on Monday, Trinamool's parliamentary party chief Sudip Bandopadhyay said, "If we don't get satisfactory answers we will not allow Parliament to function".
The JD(U), which had warned that this session "will witness a lot of hungama (chaos)" after the all-party meet on Sunday, was also vocal on the issue.
"Black money was one of the key poll planks in the Lok Sabha elections on which the BJP won, but the government has done nothing on this count since it came to power. We want a threadbare discussion on this," said JD(U) leader KC Tyagi, who gave the notice for discussion to Rajya Sabha on his party's behalf.
The Congress, which had faced BJP fire on the issue in the run-up to the election, has repeatedly challenged the government on the issue.
The last time he spoke of the matter - in his radio address "Mann ki baat" earlier this month - Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to bring back "every penny of the poor man's money" stashed abroad and said it was "an article of faith" for him.
But the government claims to have run up against a maze of clauses in international agreements that make it tough to "retrieve black money".
The Prime Minister's Office has now asked the revenue department to look for ways other than bilateral tax treaties to bring back funds stashed abroad.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who is already on the warpath against the BJP, has declared that she would "politically retaliate" against her party being dragged into the Saradha scam.
On Sunday, Ms Banerjee had warned that her Parliamentarians would take on the government over the repatriation of black money. on Monday, Trinamool's parliamentary party chief Sudip Bandopadhyay said, "If we don't get satisfactory answers we will not allow Parliament to function".
The JD(U), which had warned that this session "will witness a lot of hungama (chaos)" after the all-party meet on Sunday, was also vocal on the issue.
"Black money was one of the key poll planks in the Lok Sabha elections on which the BJP won, but the government has done nothing on this count since it came to power. We want a threadbare discussion on this," said JD(U) leader KC Tyagi, who gave the notice for discussion to Rajya Sabha on his party's behalf.
The Congress, which had faced BJP fire on the issue in the run-up to the election, has repeatedly challenged the government on the issue.
The last time he spoke of the matter - in his radio address "Mann ki baat" earlier this month - Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to bring back "every penny of the poor man's money" stashed abroad and said it was "an article of faith" for him.
But the government claims to have run up against a maze of clauses in international agreements that make it tough to "retrieve black money".
The Prime Minister's Office has now asked the revenue department to look for ways other than bilateral tax treaties to bring back funds stashed abroad.
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