Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday took a swipe at the Centre over the survey at the BBC offices and alleged that the BJP is misusing the Central agencies and also attempting to make India a country of Nathuram Godse.
Lord Rami Ranger also slammed George Soros over his remarks on Hindenburg-Adani row and Prime Minster Narendra Modi and said the billionaire Hungarian-American investor has been an "attention seeker"
The Income Tax Department gathered several evidences pertaining to the BBC India's operation which indicated that taxes were not paid on "certain remittances" which have not been disclosed as income in India by the foreign entities of the group.
Janata Dal-United JD(U) spokesperson Sunil Kumar Singh called the I-T survey at the BBC office in Delhi and Mumbai an attack on press freedom on Friday.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, he also talked about the issue "around the review of the British Broadcasting Corporation tax affairs" in the context of the Income Tax department's survey at its offices in India.
The Income Tax 'survey' on the British Broadcasting Corporation offices located in Delhi and Mumbai, over a charge of deliberate non-compliance with Indian laws, including transfer pricing rules and diversion of profits illegally, concluded nearly after 60 hours, the UK-based broadcaster
Income Tax-related surveys at British public broadcaster BBC's India offices continued for the third day and employees working with the media house were asked not to "delete" any data until it is on, sources said.
Besides seeking a direction to the Centre and its agencies to render cooperation in the probe, the PIL has sought a direction to appoint a retired judge of the apex court "or a committee to oversee and monitor the inquiry and investigation".
Income tax-related surveys at British public broadcaster BBC's India offices continued for the third day and employees working with the media house were asked not to delete any data until it is on, sources said.
The US State Department on Tuesday (local time) overlooked a Pakistani journalist's question on the survey at BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai by Indian tax authorities.
"Why are you (the government) running away from discussing the issue in both the houses of Parliament? We are demanding a probe by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) and if there is nothing then get it investigated," said CM Baghel.