Govt.'s 'Fair and Lovely' scheme aimed to benefit 'thieves': Rahul

March 10, 2016 14:19

Continuing his 'Fair & Lovely' rant, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Government over the one-time compliance window scheme for the people with domestic black money, saying the same has been launched for 'thieves and blackmarketeers' to convert their black money into white.

Gandhi slammed the government over a clause in this scheme, which allows the people to keep the source of their income undisclosed.

"I posed three to four questions to the government few days back. The first question was about this Fair and Lovely scheme, which can be used by the blackmarketeers and thieves to convert their black money into white. I asked why they brought such a scheme. Whom do they want to benefit?" he told the media.

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