Yesterday, the Income Tax Department recovered Rs 65 crore from the Indian National Congress's accounts, part of outstanding tax dues totaling Rs 115 crore. Today, the Congress party contested this action, approaching the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) against the recovery. Congress MP KC Venugopal and official party statements have accused the BJP government of forcing banks to transfer approximately Rs 65.89 crores from Congress deposits, including those of the AICC, Indian Youth Congress, and NSUI, to the government. This move has been vehemently criticized by the Congress as 'financial terrorism.' In response, Union Minister Anurag Thakur and BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla defended the government's actions, with Poonawalla mentioning a figure of Rs 200 crore being discussed by Congress in their press conference, which the party claims is an attempt to weaken them economically before the elections.
The Congress Party held a Press Conference and complained about recovery of Rs. 200 crore from it. Labelling it as 'financial terrorism,' they claim it as a deliberate attempt to weaken them economically ahead of the elections. A party which is the epitome of misdeeds, plunder… https://t.co/zwPOLY7c8i
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The BJP government compelled the banks to transfer approximately Rs. 65.89 crore from the Congress party's bank deposits to the government. This is clearly financial terrorism imposed by the BJP government on the Congress party. https://t.co/9xUU76meYX
This is clearly financial terrorism imposed by the BJP government on the Congress party. According to the latest information from the banks, the BJP government compelled the banks to transfer approximately Rs. 65.89 crore from our deposits to the government. This amount is from… https://t.co/2PEanpCxFS
#WATCH | Congress MP KC Venugopal says, "As per the latest information from the banks, the BJP government forced the banks to transfer approximately Rs 65.89 crores from our deposits to the government. This amount is from AICC and Indian Youth Congress account and NSUI. Unlike… https://t.co/xyQgmFpw3c
Income Tax Department yesterday recovered Rs 65 crore from the account of the Indian National Congress out of the total outstanding tax dues of Rs 115 crore. The Congress party has today approached the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) against the recovery and has filed a…