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The Hindu Bureau

ED, IT raids because tax laws violated: Union Minister

Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi has contested the charge that the Centre has been unleashing investigative agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax on opposition leaders, accusing the latter of having violated laws and taking money out of the country.

“Did the BJP ask you to evade taxes? It’s an admission that you are fooling around with the laws. The money obtained from corrupt deals is being sent out cheating the people,” she claimed at a press conference on Friday.

Ms. Lekhi’s target was the BRS Government and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao whom she accused of running a government of scams and lack of planning in the last two terms with corruption in every scheme taken up.

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