Referring to the two tax demand notices issued by the Income Tax department to the Congress, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and Information Technology and Biotechnology Priyank Kharge has asked why the department is showing no interest in issuing similar tax demand notice to BJP which, he quoted the department as having estimated, has not paid ₹4,600 crore tax.
“The department has served demand notices to the Congress for taxes to be paid to it. According to its own estimates, the BJP has to pay ₹4,600 crore tax. Why has it not issued demand notice to the BJP? As a matter of fact, the department, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) are the frontal wings of the BJP to suppress the Opposition. Without these Central agencies, the saffron party cannot win elections. The Election Commission of India (ECI), which is supposed to provide political parties with a level playing field and ensure free and fair elections, is simply sitting with its eyes closed allowing the BJP to do whatever it wants to win elections,” Mr. Kharge told mediapersons in Kalaburagi on Monday.
When asked about BJP national leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s campaign in Karnataka, Mr. Kharge said that no strategies of BJP will work against the Congress’ pro-people governance in the State.
