Financial terrorism: Congress attacks Modi govt after ‘money deducted from its bank accounts’
The Congress party asked if income tax is being deducted from its bank accounts then why the BJP is not paying the same.
Reacting to Election Commissioner O P Rawat’s remarks that “winning elections at all cost, without ethics, is the new normal in politics”, the Congress on Friday said it stood vindicated on the issue.
“We said the same thing during the (August 8) Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat, wherein we pointed out that Congress MLAs were offered Rs.15 crore for voting against the Congress,” Congress spokesperson Ajay Maken said.
“Huge amount of money was being offered to buy MLAs in two states (Goa and Manipur) where the Congress won more seats than the Bharatiya Janata Party in assembly elections. Still, they managed to form their government in these states.”
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Rawat said on Thursday: “Democracy thrives when elections are free, fair, and transparent. However, it appears to a cynical common man that we have been scripting a narrative that places maximum premium on winning at all costs — to the exclusion of ethical considerations.”
He was speaking at an event organised by the Association of Democratic Reforms here.
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