The seizure of cash from some premises linked to Congress MP Dheeraj Sahu in Income Tax Department raids is the highest among corrupt people so far, Union Minister and BJP leader Meenakashi Lekhi said on Saturday.
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.
In a massive crackdown on ISIS, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested 15 operatives of the banned terror outfit during multiple and widespread raids across Maharashtra and Karnataka.
After crores of rupees were recovered from Congress MP Dheeraj Kumar Sahu's premises in Odisha and Jharkhand during raids by the Income Tax (I-T) department, Lok Sabha MP Manickam Tagore on Saturday questioned the linking of a business of Sahu family with the Congress.
A total of 13 people were arrested in the ISIS terror conspiracy case from Maharashtra's Pune on Saturday following searches by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) at 44 locations in Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Of the total 44 locations being raided by the NIA since this morning, the agency sleuths searched one place in Karnataka, two in Pune, 31 in Thane Rural, nine in Thane city and one in Bhayander.
After Income Tax seized crores of rupees in cash from several locations in Odisha and Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh outgoing Deputy Chief Minister and Congress leader TS Singhdeo said that inquiry should be undertaken if money was seized.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur hit out at Congress on Friday after crores of rupees were recovered from party MP Dheeraj Kumar Sahu's premises during Income Tax raids.
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.