PATNA: Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Sunday said black money was responsible for inflation and price rise in the country, with black-marketers using ill-gotten wealth to hoard essential commodities. “Black money is being used in a big way to purchase consumer goods, including food grains. These are hoarded to cause artificial shortage,” he said in his lecture on ‘Ramrajya Kal Aur Aaj’ here. Dr. Swamy claimed that those hoarding black money had invested up to 70 per cent of their capital in consumer goods and were using the profits to buy food materials for black marketing. This had led, he said, to the unusually high inflation rate of about 16 per cent, which was negating India’s 9 per cent growth.
He claimed that black money was also being invested in the equity market, the funds being brought in through the Mauritius route. He touched upon the 2G scam to substantiate his allegation and said DB Realty promoter Shahid Balwa, now in jail, was a “classic example” of the use of black money in the economy. Dr. Swamy also hit out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi for his alleged description of Lord Rama as a mythical figure. The authenticity of the ‘Ram Sethu’ bridge between India and Sri Lanka had been proved by the Geological Survey of India and NASA, he claimed.
Courtesy : Hindu News
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