Black Money Debate Parliament

On day two, today, the Lok Sabha will debate cases of fraud and scams in the banking sector under Rule 193 which does not entail voting at the end of the discussion. The Congress has demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi make a statement in Parliament on steps being taken by him to bring back the accused in bank frauds, and alleged that the pe...

After a short but precise speech in which Dr Manmohan Singh said the government's mishandling of the ban on high-denomination notes amounts to "organised loot, legalised plunder," Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked over to his predecessor and shook hands when parliament broke for lunch.

After Parliament was disrupted over demonetisation, the Government today accused the opposition of finding excuses to scuttle a debate on the issue as it was boomeranging and going against them.

Left leader Sitaram Yechury borrowed from a meme being shared on social media to take a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he criticised the way the government has pulled Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes to combat black or untaxed money.

Ram Gopal Yadav, opposition leader, advised the government today to send its ministers to a village soon. "The women, they will hit you on the head with a rolling pin," he said in parliament about public sentiment on the ban on 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.

As parliament debated the currency ban, union minister Piyush Goyal of the BJP thanked the opposition Congress for bringing up the surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army across the Line of Control against terror bases in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in September.

A united opposition launched a vigorous attack on the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the first day of parliament's winter session. All the action was in Rajya Sabha, where the Congress dared PM Modi to make an intervention tomorrow. Other parties demanded a probe into what they called a "leakage" of the information of the currency b...

Sonia Gandhi today made a rare dash towards the Speaker's Chair in the Lok Sabha to join her Congress lawmakers in protest after a BJP lawmaker alleged that the Indian Premier League or IPL involved her family's black money - the term given for untaxed money parked in foreign accounts.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has been accused by a BJP lawmaker of sending him a "threatening" SMS for a swipe at him during a debate in Parliament on black money, or untaxed money parked in foreign accounts.

On the second day of the ongoing debate on black money in Parliament, senior BJP leader and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said the NDA had not promised to bring back black money stashed abroad within 100 days of coming to power - which had been the key charge of the Opposition.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will reply today in Lok Sabha to a debate on untaxed or black money stashed away in foreign accounts. In the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, opposition parties like the Congress, Trinamool Congress and Left walked out as the minister spoke, saying they were "disappointed" with his reply.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will reply today in Lok Sabha to a debate on black money that saw Opposition parties including the Congress, Trinamool Congress and Left staging a walkout in Rajya Sabha yesterday, saying they were "disappointed" with his defence of the government's position on untaxed or black money stashed away in foreign accounts.

Today, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley responded to the black money debate in Rajya Sabha.

As Finance Minister Arun Jaitley defended the government's position against a concerted Opposition attack on untaxed or black money stashed away in foreign accounts, the Congress, followed by the Trinamool Congress and then the Left walked out of the Rajya Sabha saying they were dissatisfied with his reply. (Watch Finance Minister's Reply in Rajya ...

Speaking first in a debate on untaxed or black money, the main opposition Congress today accused the ruling BJP of using the issue as a political tool "to acquire power" and reneging on its election promise of bringing back crores stashed away by Indians parked in accounts abroad.

On day two, today, the Lok Sabha will debate cases of fraud and scams in the banking sector under Rule 193 which does not entail voting at the end of the discussion. The Congress has demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi make a statement in Parliament on steps being taken by him to bring back the accused in bank frauds, and alleged that the pe...

After a short but precise speech in which Dr Manmohan Singh said the government's mishandling of the ban on high-denomination notes amounts to "organised loot, legalised plunder," Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked over to his predecessor and shook hands when parliament broke for lunch.

After Parliament was disrupted over demonetisation, the Government today accused the opposition of finding excuses to scuttle a debate on the issue as it was boomeranging and going against them.

Left leader Sitaram Yechury borrowed from a meme being shared on social media to take a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he criticised the way the government has pulled Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes to combat black or untaxed money.

Ram Gopal Yadav, opposition leader, advised the government today to send its ministers to a village soon. "The women, they will hit you on the head with a rolling pin," he said in parliament about public sentiment on the ban on 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.

As parliament debated the currency ban, union minister Piyush Goyal of the BJP thanked the opposition Congress for bringing up the surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army across the Line of Control against terror bases in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in September.

A united opposition launched a vigorous attack on the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the first day of parliament's winter session. All the action was in Rajya Sabha, where the Congress dared PM Modi to make an intervention tomorrow. Other parties demanded a probe into what they called a "leakage" of the information of the currency b...

Sonia Gandhi today made a rare dash towards the Speaker's Chair in the Lok Sabha to join her Congress lawmakers in protest after a BJP lawmaker alleged that the Indian Premier League or IPL involved her family's black money - the term given for untaxed money parked in foreign accounts.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has been accused by a BJP lawmaker of sending him a "threatening" SMS for a swipe at him during a debate in Parliament on black money, or untaxed money parked in foreign accounts.

On the second day of the ongoing debate on black money in Parliament, senior BJP leader and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said the NDA had not promised to bring back black money stashed abroad within 100 days of coming to power - which had been the key charge of the Opposition.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will reply today in Lok Sabha to a debate on untaxed or black money stashed away in foreign accounts. In the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, opposition parties like the Congress, Trinamool Congress and Left walked out as the minister spoke, saying they were "disappointed" with his reply.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will reply today in Lok Sabha to a debate on black money that saw Opposition parties including the Congress, Trinamool Congress and Left staging a walkout in Rajya Sabha yesterday, saying they were "disappointed" with his defence of the government's position on untaxed or black money stashed away in foreign accounts.

Today, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley responded to the black money debate in Rajya Sabha.

As Finance Minister Arun Jaitley defended the government's position against a concerted Opposition attack on untaxed or black money stashed away in foreign accounts, the Congress, followed by the Trinamool Congress and then the Left walked out of the Rajya Sabha saying they were dissatisfied with his reply. (Watch Finance Minister's Reply in Rajya ...

Speaking first in a debate on untaxed or black money, the main opposition Congress today accused the ruling BJP of using the issue as a political tool "to acquire power" and reneging on its election promise of bringing back crores stashed away by Indians parked in accounts abroad.