The Income Tax department will follow the normal course of action against tax recovery in the case of the Congress, sources said after party general secretary Ajay Maken alleged that the party's accounts have been frozen by the Income Tax department.
In an interim relief to the Congress party on Friday, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) allowed it to operate its frozen bank accounts with a lien of the Income Tax department.
The Congress chief came down heavily on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government after the alleged freezing of the grand old party's bank accounts by the Income Tax department.
Congress general secretary Ajay Maken alleged that the party's accounts have been frozen by the Income Tax department and called it the "freeze of democracy".
The Congress MP has been in the news since December last year after the Income Tax department seized Rs 351.8 crore in cash during raids on the premises linked to Odisha-based Boudh Distillery Pvt Ltd, promoted by his family.
Various congress leaders including MLA from Jabhua Vikrant Bhuria, former treasurer of MP Congress Govind Goyal, former Lok Sabha Candidate of Congress party Devashish Jarariya and former MLA Madhu Bhagat received the notice from the IT department.
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