The ruling AIADMK on Saturday urged the Election Commission to restrain the Income Tax division from conducting “unwanted searches” on its leaders which can be deliberate violations of the provisions of the Representation of People Act and its guidelines. The get together accused the DMK and Congress leaders, having affect with bureaucrats and better officers, of constructing the authorities perform the raids.
Claiming that the I-T raids “clearly showed some political motive”, R M Babu Murugavel, joint secretary of the get together’s Advocates Wing, mentioned the Income Tax Department raided the premises of Higher Education Minister Okay P Anbalagan’s buddies, colleges and faculties, Industry minister M C Sampath son’s father-in-law and on the residence of a employees working within the faculty of Health Minister C Vijayabaskar. However, the searches didn’t reveal any proof.
Searches had been additionally carried out on the premises of the buddies of Diary Minister Okay T Rajendra Balaji however the officers returned “empty handed.” “I would like to bring it to your notice that the AIADMK alliance is marching towards victory (and unable to digest this) the DMK and Congress leaders, having influence with the bureaucrats and higher officials, have made the officials to raid the premises belonging to the ministers and their associates,” Murugavel mentioned in a grievance to the EC. Since the previous one week, the DMK and Congress leaders are attempting to nook the AIADMK leaders and attempting to cease them from taking part within the election marketing campaign, he alleged.
Further, the searches didn’t yield any materials proof or cash and no ‘panchnama’ has been issued by the authorities on the locations of raids. He additionally accused the DMK and Congress of “influencing” the media to publish pretend information on the raids.
“This is malafide act done by the opposition party, to cause bad image and to spoil the reputation and try to get some political gain from this,” Murugavel mentioned within the grievance. He urged the fee to instantly intervene and restrain the Income Tax Department from performing as per the orders of bureaucrats shut to DMK and Congress leaders, and advise them to act in accordance to regulation.
