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PANJIM: All India Congress Committee General Secretary and Goa desk in charge Digvijay Singh on Saturday said that the Narendra Modi government is targeting small traders and businessmen under the pretext of unearthing black money.
“Most business people are very unhappy with Modi. He promised concessions to business people, but the economy is not growing. Raids are being conducted and they are targeting small traders and businessman,” Singh said, addressing party workers.
He said that the Central government has given people up to September 30 to declare black money and have issued notices all over the country to people to declare black money.
“Lot of people have spoken to me, asking what to do, people who have been paying taxes. When P C Chidambaram was Finance Minister under the amnesty scheme Rs 30,000 crore came into the coffers. Modi and BJP had said that there is Rs 40 lakh crore black money stashed outside and if that comes in, every Indian will have Rs 15 lakh in his account. That money has not come back,” Singh said.
“They have given an amnesty scheme, people are coming out. Identify people who have hundreds of crores of black money. They are instead targeting small traders and businessmen. That should be stopped, we should stand up for these people,” he added.
He said that most of the business people were unhappy with Modi as he had promised concessions to business people, but the economy is not growing.
