New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of protecting his "corporate friends" while carrying out demonetisation and sought to link him with some "big politicians" whose names had come up during a probe by CBI and Income Tax department.

Addressing an emergency session of Delhi Assembly, he also asked why Modi was not taking action against those named in the list of Swiss Bank account holders as well as in Panama papers. He made a number of explosive allegations against the Central government in general and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular, like accusing Modi of taking Rs 25 crore bribe from the Aditya Birla Group when he was chief minister of Gujarat in 2012.

The day-long special session convened to discuss the demonetisation issue saw acrimonious scenes with the opposition BJP leader Vijender Gupta repeatedly raising objections to the Chief Minister dragging Modi's name into the debate.

When attempts by Speaker Ram Niwas Goel to rein in Gupta failed, he was marshalled out and the debate continued.

 Hitting hard at the PM, Kejriwal said that for the first time in the history of independent India; a sitting prime minister's name had come up in black money transactions.

The Aditya Birla Group transaction

The AAP leader was referring to a raid conducted on the Aditya Birla Group in 2013 where a laptop along with other documents was seized by the Income Tax Department. Kejriwal said this laptop had an entry that incriminates Modi. He said that there was an entry on the laptop dated November 16, 2012, where “Gujarat CM” was written in front of a transaction of Rs 25 crore, which he said was the then Gujarat chief minister, which at that point of time was Narendra Modi.

He also said that the business group, when asked about the entry, had said that it was Gujarat Chemicals that had been referenced. He, nevertheless, went on to ask in the Assembly: "Huge doubt arises: Did the Aditya Birla Group pay this money to Narendra Modi for favours?"

Kejriwal also sought to attack the Congress over this issue. He said: "The Congress was in the Centre then, but it did not raise any voice. Why? The Congress must have had a deal with it." It may be noted that Kejriwal was speaking of the UPA-II regime, a coalition government led by the Congress. 

Kejriwal also wondered whether Modi would follow BJP patriarch LK Advani's example, who had "set a precedent" by resigning when his "initials LKA" had surfaced in the hawala scam.

The Delhi CM also questioned the lavish spending at the daughter's wedding of Karnataka mining baron and former BJP minister in the state G Janardhana Reddy.

"Weddings are getting held up across the country but Reddy has spent Rs 500 crore as per reports. Why is the IT not raiding Reddy?

PM protecting his friends

 Vijay Mallya who has Rs 8,000 crore debts was allowed to flee by BJP. Rs 1.14 lakh crore of big corporates loan like of Mallaya was waived.

"Congress did not take action against 648 Swiss bank account holders, even Modiji did not, did not even write to the Swiss government. That list has the names of PM's friends, Panama list includes his friends' name," he alleged. Adani had transacted an amount of 5,468 corers rupees outside India after Modi came to power. No action was taken against him, but the officer who was investigating the case was transferred. He alleged that such people have business with Modi, they pay Modi to get favors. He has said that Modi had already informed his friends about demonetization before declaring it to the nation.   
 
"And common men are lectured about patriotism. The question is whether people's money in banks is safe or not? They take money from the rich and force people to queue up outside banks. In the name of strong tea, you have fed them posion. You are the PM of black money holders, rich and enemy of the poor," Kejriwal said.

BJP-Congress deal alleged

Alleging a deal between BJP and Congress, Kejriwal said that the silence of Congress confirms a deal between BJP and Congress. He said that the deal could be about not holding the investigation of Wadara.

He further said said, Sahara was also raided and some documents were retrieved even from there. The Name of Narendra Modi was also present on those papers, but he does not have all the papers with him. The information about the transactions of 400-450 crores was written on them. Along with Modi, there are names of various other big people. He questioned as to who will investigate about them. He requested the president to investigate about those papers by forming a committee under the guidance of Supreme Court.

The Delhi Assembly also passed a resolution urging President Pranab Mukherjee to refer the allegations of receipt of bribes by persons "holding high offices from Birla and Sahara Groups to Supreme Court of India with the request to order suitable inquiry".

Earlier, the members also observed a two-minute silence to pay homage to those who lost lives while standing in queues outsides banks and ATMs to withdraw money. Gupta and BJP MLA Jagdish Pradhan walked out protesting against it.