New Delhi: In one other setback for the Congress occasion, amidst the continuing Lok Sabha election marketing campaign, sources revealed on Friday that the Revenue Tax Division has served a requirement discover amounting to roughly Rs 1700 crore. This discover pertains to the evaluation years spanning from 2017-18 to 2020-21 and encompasses penalty expenses together with accrued curiosity.
Revenue Tax Division has issued demand discover of Rs 1700 crores to Indian Nationwide Congress. The contemporary demand discover is for evaluation years 2017-18 to 2020-21 and contains penalty and curiosity: Sources
— ANI (@ANI) March 29, 2024
Reacting to the discover, the Congress occasion has accused the BJP of using monetary techniques to suppress them, particularly because the Lok Sabha elections draw close to, slated to start on April 19. In a press convention at present, Congress member Jairam Ramesh labelled the notices as a type of “tax terrorism” orchestrated to weaken the occasion financially, stressing the necessity to halt such actions. “The notices are being despatched to cripple us financially. That is tax terrorism, and that is getting used to assault the Congress, This has to cease,” Congress’s Jairam Ramesh stated in a press convention at present.
Revenue Tax के जिन नियमों की आड़ में कांग्रेस को परेशान किया जा रहा है, उन्हीं नियमों को लेकर BJP को छूट दी जा रही है।
कांग्रेस का 14 लाख रुपए का वायलेशन बताकर ‘BJP के Revenue Tax विभाग’ ने कांग्रेस के 135 करोड़ रुपए ले लिए।
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— Congress (@INCIndia) March 29, 2024
Earlier this week, the Delhi Excessive Courtroom dismissed the Congress occasion’s plea contesting the initiation of reassessment proceedings by the Revenue Tax Division for the years 2017-18 to 2020-21. The court docket upheld its earlier determination rejecting related pleas by Congress relating to reassessment proceedings for earlier years.
Furthermore, a current ruling by the Delhi Excessive Courtroom affirmed the Revenue Tax Appellate Tribunal’s determination to not droop the Revenue Tax discover for the restoration of over Rs 105 crore in excellent taxes from the Congress occasion. Nevertheless, the court docket granted the Congress liberty to strategy the appellate tribunal once more with their grievances.
In response, the Congress occasion has moved to the Revenue Tax Appellate Tribunal to contest the restoration proceedings, looking for a keep on the method and the freezing of their financial institution accounts.
The difficulty of political funding has gained prominence on this election cycle, particularly following the Supreme Courtroom’s determination to strike down electoral bonds. These bonds, permitting nameless donations to political events, had been deemed to violate residents’ proper to data. The Congress and different opposition events have hailed this verdict, contemplating it a blow to the BJP, which had benefited considerably from the scheme.
