After Barrack Obama declared he would do everything to get back American money stashed in Swiss banks, India’s political leaders also started talking about the Indian money kept in all foreign tax heavens. L.K. Advani, at an election meeting (Dharwad), dared Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to come out with the names of those Indians having stacked money in Swiss banks and take steps to get that money estimated at Rs. 25 lakh crores, according to the Vaidyanathan committee. He said the Swiss banks had already revealed the names of 50 Indians who had deposited their money in the bank and he accused that the Indian Govt had concealed the information, it is alright to talk, but have they got the political will to bring back all that money? One Marathi newspaper said Advani was just warning his own men to do something before the official machinery catches them. What I like to ask is who has the will to deal with this problem Only if Mayawati comes to power in Delhi, she might do something, otherwise it is just an empty talk. Similar to money in Swiss banks, a tremendous lot of money is locked up in Hindu temples. Can anything be done to bring back that money into circulation and utilize for public good? Intellectuals must start thinking on this problem. It is, of course, more difficult problem than getting back Swiss money. Who is going to bell the cat?

