BJP leader Subramanian Swamy accuses Captain Amarinder Singh of committing perjury
NEW DELHI: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday accused Congress candidate from Amritsar, Captain Amarinder Singh of committing perjury. Swamy claimed that Captain Amarinder Singh failed to divulge details of foreign bank accounts held under his wife and son's name.
Swamy's claim assumes significance in the backdrop of a high-profile political battle between BJP's Arun Jaitley and Congress' Amarinder Singh. Asked about whether his claims are deliberate targeting, Swamy told Times Now, "I am in the BJP, these kind of things would be said anyway. The fact of the matter is that I have been campaigning against foreign bank accounts."
"Therefore whichever party has a foreign bank account which is not disclosed, I will make it public. I will not worry about the political taint given to it," Swamy added. "I have produced the documentation and since it is a secret account, these things are not easily available. But the document that I have is authentic," Swamy said.
Asked about whether he would approach the Election Commission, Swamy said, "The Election Commission doesn't come into the pictureimmediately because this is now a perjury matter, which will come under the IPC. So, I will have to go to a criminal court for it."
Swamy went on to say that he will wait to see what Captain Amarinder Singh's reaction is to the matter. "I will wait to see what his (Amarinder Singh) reaction is and then I will proceed with the matter," Swamy said.
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Swamy's claim assumes significance in the backdrop of a high-profile political battle between BJP's Arun Jaitley and Congress' Amarinder Singh. Asked about whether his claims are deliberate targeting, Swamy told Times Now, "I am in the BJP, these kind of things would be said anyway. The fact of the matter is that I have been campaigning against foreign bank accounts."
"Therefore whichever party has a foreign bank account which is not disclosed, I will make it public. I will not worry about the political taint given to it," Swamy added. "I have produced the documentation and since it is a secret account, these things are not easily available. But the document that I have is authentic," Swamy said.
Asked about whether he would approach the Election Commission, Swamy said, "The Election Commission doesn't come into the pictureimmediately because this is now a perjury matter, which will come under the IPC. So, I will have to go to a criminal court for it."
Swamy went on to say that he will wait to see what Captain Amarinder Singh's reaction is to the matter. "I will wait to see what his (Amarinder Singh) reaction is and then I will proceed with the matter," Swamy said.
Watch: Amarinder committed perjury: Subramanian Swamy
Published on Apr 9, 2014
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy has accused Congress party Lok Sabha candidate from Amritsar Captain Amarinder Singh of committing perjury by not disclosing his wife's and son's foreign bank accounts in his nomination papers.
Captain Amarinder Singh filed his nomination papers on April 4. Accompanied by his wife Parneet Kaur and several Congress leaders, theformer Punjab Chief Minister filed his papers before Amritsar Deputy Commissioner Ravi Bhagat in the District Court complex. Amritsar goes to poll on April 30, along with Punjab's 12 other constituencies.
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