He added: “But (the) bigger question is – what did first (the) Congress and now the BJP do? Nothing? Why?” Bedi, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s chief ministerial candidate in Delhi, said in a tweet: “Truly criminal, inhuman when poor man’s money is stolen. This has caused huge gap between haves and have nots. She said the Express disclosure was “evidence of where our national wealth, meant for infrastructure (and) nation building went… Truly criminal.
“All involved in HSBC scam must get exemplary punishment,” she added. The Express revealed Monday in a story done in collaboration with Le Monde and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that there were 1,195 Indians who held accounts with HSBC abroad. These included leading industrialists, diamond traders and politicians. The Express said the list may include legitimate account holders who had taken permission and have declared the accounts besides those who have undeclared accounts and who will have to pay taxes and penalty. (IANS)