AMETHI (UP), Dec 9:
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday took a dig at the Congress over the recovery of “unaccounted” cash from the premises of a party leader during income tax raids, saying this is not the first time a Congress MP is found involved in “corruption”.
The seizure of “unaccounted” cash after the income-tax department raided an Odisha-based distillery group and entities linked to it is expected to reach Rs 290 crore, making it the “highest-ever” black money haul by any agency in a single operation, official sources said on Saturday.
A premises linked to Congress’s Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand, Dhiraj Prasad Sahu, was also searched as part of the operation, the sources said.
“Why is it that where there is a scam, there is a Congress leader,” Irani, the local BJP MP, told reporters at Gauriganj here. “This is not the first MP of Congress who is involved in corruption.” (PTI)
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