Fresh I-T Notice of Rs 1823 Cr Served to cash Strapped Congress

New Delhi: The Congress has received fresh notices from the income-tax department, asking it to pay Rs 1,823.08 crore, stated Congress leaders Jayaram Ramesh and Ajay Maken.

They accused the ruling BJP of indulging in “tax terrorism” to financially weaken the opposition party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Speaking at a press conference at the AICC headquarters in Delhi, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, party treasurer Ajay Maken alleged that the BJP is in serious violation of income-tax laws and said the I-T department should raise a demand of more than Rs 4,600 crore from the BJP for such violations.

Ramesh alleged that through the “electoral bonds scam”, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has collected Rs 8,200 crore and used the route of “pre-paid, post-paid, post-raid bribes and shell companies”.

“We will not be scared of these notices. We will be more aggressive and fight these polls,” said Jayaram Ramesh.

Maken termed I-T department as the “frontal organization” of the BJP and alleged that the Congress and other like-minded opposition parties are being selectively targeted by the I-T department.

Maken said the Congress will approach the Supreme Court soon over the I-T department’s demands from it.