Jaswant promises fake stamp paper transactions will be valid
By Our Economy Bureau | 24 Nov 2003
New
Delhi: The central government has said that all
transactions using fake stamp papers will be valid.
The assurance was given by Finance Minister Jaswant
Singh when asked about the plight of those who unknowingly
had used fake stamp papers in various transactions.
"Don't
worry. The fake stamp papers already used will not become
invalid," Singh said on the sidelines of the India
Economic Summit here, organised by the World Economic
Forum and the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Asked
if a Central Bureau of Investigation probe has been
ordered into the scam, he said it will be decided after
consultations with Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and Deputy
Prime Minister L K Advani. "A formal announcement
in this regard is expected very soon."