Yashwant Sinha: FDI, double taxation during Cong reign

December 14, 2011 15:48

Right now in Parliament, Deve Gowda speaks on the blackmoney issue, shortly after Lalu Prasad Yadav.

Earlier in the afternoon, the BJP's Yashwant Sinha, who was the Finance Minister in the NDA government, accused the Congress of twisting facts.
Sinha said the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement with Mauritius was signed in 1982 when Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister and FDI and other investments from there were opened in 1993 when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was the Finance Minister.
"We did nothing except continue the policy," he said.

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