NDA to pursue black money issue if voted to power: Advani

BJP's prime ministerial candidate LK Advani on Friday claimed his party's track record showed it has fulfilled all its past promises and vowed to "proactively pursue" the black money issue if voted to power.
 
"In 1964, we said we would make India a nuclear weapons state and the assurance was fulfilled in 1998 despite opposition from America, China and even Manmohan Singh," Advani told reporters here.
 
"Our track record shows that we did what we had promised," Advani said.
 
He parried questions on prime minister Manmohan Singh's remarks that Advani had the "unique ability to combine strength in words and weakness in action".

"This is a different issue asked in a different manner. I am talking about building a national consensus on the black money issue," he quipped.

Advani vowed the NDA would proactively pursue the black money issue, which he said, would top the 100-day programme of the alliance, if voted to power.

"I think black money is linked up with security also. It indicates that the money is being utilised for terror activities," he said.