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BJP has black money, should talk about it first: CongressNew Delhi, Apr 01, 2009 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- Taking a swipe at BJP for its demand to bring back money stashed by Indians in Swiss banks, Congress today said the saffron party should first take care of the "black money" they posses. "Advani had said the black money stashed in Swiss banks should be brought back. They should first take care of the black money they have. Black money was being distributed by Jaswant Singhji," senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal told reporters here. Singh was accused of distributing cash in violation of the model code of conduct during an election meeting at Gagaria village in Rajasthan's Barmer district from where his son Manvendra Singh is contesting the Lok Sabha polls. Earlier in the day, the Election Commission said it would look into the CD containing the alleged distribution of cash by Singh. Sibal also ridiculed BJP for inducting Neera Yadav into the party, who was voted as the second most corrupt officer in Uttar Pradesh by a bureaucrat panel in 1994. Asked about Advani drawing a parallel between the arrest of Varun Gandhi under NSA and imprisonment of leaders like Jay Prakash Narayan and Atal Bihari Vajpayee during the Emergency, Sibal said the BJP prime ministerial candidate "unfortunately does not know what he is saying sometimes". |