After crores of rupees were unearthed from Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dhiraj Sahu linked premises, the party's Odisha unit on Tuesday said that the lawmaker is a 'businessman' and that they have nothing to do with him.
"This has nothing to do with the Congress party. It has no connection with the party... The government should investigate and find whose money is this and how it has been accumulated," said Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
"When the BJP sends central agencies to harass TMC, Congress says big things and supports them but when their own leaders are raided, they feel bad," said Ghosh.
Hitting out at Congress over Income Tax raids at MP Dheeraj Sahu's residence, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that Congress is silent on this issue as corruption is in the "nature" of the grand old party.
During the Income Tax raids at properties connected to Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu, huge stacks of currency notes were seized. SBI Regional Manager, Bhagat Behera on Sunday said that out of the 176 bags received, 140 have been accounted for, and the counting of the remaining bags is sched
Coming down heavily on the Congress amid the ongoing I-T raids on premises linked to party MP Dhiraj Sahu and the recovery of piles of cash amounting to crores, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) MP Chirag Paswan on Sunday said it was an old habit with Opposition leaders to brush off graft t
Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday criticized the Congress party in response to income tax raids at the premises of its MP Dhiraj Sahu in Jharkhand, and Odisha, saying, that Congress needs to answer when one of its MPs has been raided.
Facing heat after crores of rupees were unearthed from premises linked to their Rajya Sabha MP Dhiraj Sahu, Congress on Saturday said that the party is in no way connected with the businesses of the former and that the lawmaker from Jharkhand should explain the matter.
Speaking to ANI on Saturday, the Punjab BJP Chief said that TMC leader Mahua Moitra, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha in cash for the query case, is just an "excuse" that the leaders of the opposition parties are joining together against the ruling BJP.
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday took a dig at Congress over the income-tax raids in Odisha and Jharkhand saying that the recovery of crores of rupees from the premises of their party MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu is evident that a business of corruption is being run in Mohabbat Ki Dukaan.