Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) unfreezes the congress accounts

Won’t Ever Bow Down…’: Rahul Gandhi Reacts After Congress Claims Its Bank Accounts Frozen Before General Elections 2024

New delhi:// The Congress on Friday announced that the party’s bank accounts, including those of the Youth Congress, were frozen by the Income Tax department However, just an hour after Congress made the announcement, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in Delhi unfroze the accounts.

The Congress party treasurer Ajay Maken held a press conference where he called the action a “disturbing blow to the democratic process”.

“We have filed an application to the income tax tribunal. Now the hearing is currently underway and in total four accounts have been frozen,” Maken added.

According to reports, the freeze reportedly stems from a tax demand of Rs 210 crore raised by the Income Tax department, a move that the Congress claims is politically motivated and strategically timed to disrupt the party’s election preparations.

The government, on the other hand, said that the government had nothing to do with Congress’s finance accounts being frozen and it was a ‘regulatory action.’

‘Money Is Not Congress’s Power’:  Rahul Gandhi Reacts

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in a social media post, attacked the Modi government and said “Money is not Congress party’s power.”

“Don’t be afraid Modi ji, Congress is not the name of power of money but of power of people. We have never bowed down before dictatorship, nor will we ever bow down. Every Congress worker will fight tooth and nail to protect India’s democracy,” Gandhi wrote on X.