Hours after Congress obtained a contemporary notice from the revenue tax division on Friday, celebration chief Rahul Gandhi warned of strict motion towards those that undermine democracy. He additionally accused the federal government of indulging in ‘tax terrorism’ by misusing probe businesses. Accusing the Income Tax Department of double-standards, Congress alleged that whereas it has been penalised for ‘a violation of Rs 14 lakh’, the revenue tax authorities had been utterly silent on ‘Rs 42 crore violation’ by the BJP and that the violations by the ruling celebration on the Centre entailed a penalty of Rs 4,600 crore.
“When the government changes, action will definitely be taken against those who ‘murder the democracy’! And such action will be taken that no one will have the courage to do all this again. This is my guarantee,” Rahul Gandhi stated in a publish on X. The publish was adopted with a video of his press convention held on March 15 the place he answered a question relating to the income-tax notices issued towards the Congress and used the hashtag “#BJPTaxTerrorism” with it.
Meanwhile, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge stated that Congresspersons are by no means afraid and the celebration would combat the elections with their full would possibly. “Rs 4,600 Cr penalty overlooked for BJP’s Rs 42 Cr unaccounted deposit, while Rs 135 Cr penalty is demanded for Congress’ for Rs 14 lakh cash deposits by MLAs & MPs! Who is pressurising the Income Tax Department to act in this unjustified manner only against the Opposition? Why is the IT department being allowed to be used as a weapon to harass the principal opposition party – Congress! They are misusing institutions like IT, ED, CBI to subvert Democracy and belittle Constitution,” Kharge posted on X.
Giving the 2 examples, Kharge stated that IT has now given a notice of a complete of Rs 1823 Cr to the Congress celebration. They have already withdrawn Rs 135 Crore from Congress celebration’s accounts, which is a fund collected by us by crowdsourcing. “But IT did not give any notice to BJP. Despite the fact that public information of the Election Commission clearly shows that, 1297 people have deposited Rs 42 Cr to BJP in 2017-18 without mentioning their name and addresses. Congress was fined Rs 135 Cr for Rs 14 lakh deposits and its account was frozen. But in the last 7 years, this penalty to BJP, amounts to a whopping Rs4,600 Cr! Our direct question is why is BJP getting this penalty exemption? Do these IT notices dating many years ago being served right before Lok Sabha elections prove BJP’s conspiracy to capture the Level Playing Field? 1993-94 – Rs54 Cr penalty 2016-17 – Rs182 Cr penalty 2017-18 – Rs179 Cr penalty 2018-19 – Rs918 Cr penalty 2019-20-Rs490 Cr penalty,” he added.
Kharge additional stated that the Congress celebration would free the nation’s establishments from the bjp-dictatorship”>BJP dictatorship.”Congresspersons are by no means afraid! We will combat the elections with our full would possibly. We will free the nation’s establishments from bjp-dictatorship”>BJP dictatorship,” he stated.Congress chief Jairam Ramesh stated that the celebration will maintain a protest towards the persevering with tax terrorism of the “Modi government”.
“To protest against the continuing tax terrorism of the Modi Government on @INCIndia, all Pradesh Congress Committees (PCCs) will be holding massive public demonstrations at the state and district headquarters tomorrow and the day after. Senior leaders and party functionaries will be participating. Here is the circular issued by the GS Organisation @kcvenugopalmp in this regard, and the Background Note to AICC Treasurer @ajaymaken’s Press Conference today,” Jairam posted on X.
Recovery of Rs 135 crore from Congress: Sources
The Congress misplaced revenue tax exemption in 2018-19 due to intensive use of money within the electoral course of, sources stated, justifying that Rs 135 crore tax restoration from the celebration was in keeping with the provisions of the Income Tax Act. Based on incriminating materials seized by the Income Tax Department throughout search operations, particularly in April 2019, reflecting intensive use of money within the electoral course of, assessments of the celebration had been reopened for seven years (AY 2014-15 to AY 2020-21), sources stated.
Following the evaluation, demand was raised in 2021, and communications to pay demand had been despatched many occasions, they stated, including that keep purposes filed by the assessee had been rejected throughout the proceedings. Subsequently, even after 33 months of the evaluation order and 10 months of the Commissioner Income Tax (Appeal) order, when the assessee had not complied with the demand raised, restoration proceedings below Section 226(3) of the Act had been undertaken, sources stated.
As a consequence, restoration proceedings to an extent of round Rs 135 crore of excellent demand had been initiated as per provisions of the Act, because the plea for keep was rejected by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) and Delhi High Court. Accordingly, restoration of Rs 135 crore has been made as per provisions of the IT Act, 1961, sources stated.
(With inputs from businesses)
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