He said the income tax department has sealed three to four bank accounts of the Congress
New Delhi:
The BJP on Saturday said the Congress party has multiple bank accounts but only three to four of them, which were seized for non-payment of taxes, “have not been frozen” and accused the Opposition of making misleading statements on the issue. , deeming the issue “imminent.” “Failed in Lok Sabha polls.
“These bank accounts have not been frozen, they are still functioning. You (Congress) can deposit money in these accounts and you can withdraw it, except Rs 125 crore, which was attached by the Income Tax department for non-payment of dues. As per Income Tax Rules ,” said Sambit Patra, national spokesperson of the BJP.
Referring to media reports, he said the Congress party had around Rs 1,000 crore in multiple bank accounts, which were opened with “multiple PAN” numbers, “in violation of the party constitution”. The BJP leader claimed that the Congress party also has fixed assets worth Rs 500 crore.
He said the Income Tax Department has attached three to four bank accounts of the Congress due to non-payment of Rs 135 crore arrears as per regulations.
He hit out at senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for claiming that the party did not even have the funds to book train tickets after its accounts were frozen.
“Rahul Gandhi is saying that the Congress party does not even have the money to buy train tickets, but he travels on chartered flights every day,” the BJP leader accused. Question.
“(Congress president) Mallikarjun Kharge, (former Congress president) Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi held press conferences on this and made false arguments Supported their claims and obtained anticipatory bail from the People’s Court seeing that they were about to suffer a crushing defeat in the Lok Sabha elections,” Patra said at a press conference at the party headquarters.
Patra also lashed out at the Congress party for accusing the Modi government of “crippling” its finances and denying it a level playing field in elections.
“Why should police and bandits have the same level playing field,” Mr Patra lashed out at the main opposition party.
“In the area of corruption, you want a level playing field. It’s not possible… the person who commits corruption will run away and another will chase him,” a BJP spokesperson said during his rule. Various suspected fraud incidents.
“You (Congress) talk about a level playing field. You should play on the playing field of development,” he added.
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