Congress headquarters reveals Rs 106 crore unaccounted cash distribution on income tax targets

New Delhi, Monday 23 November 2020

The Income-tax department is investigating the source of unaccounted cash of Rs 106 crore at the Congress headquarters at Akbar Road in New Delhi between 2016-2019. had been done.

A 408-page dossier provides this information

Distribution between TRANCHE 1 - Rs 74,62,00,000, 13 FEB 2019 - 4 OCT 2019

Distribution between TRANCHE 2 - Rs 26,50,00,000, AUG 2016 - SEPT 2016

Distribution between TRANCHE 3 - Rs 5,22,00,000, APR 2017 - SEPT 2019

Some of the specifics of these transactions show that on February 27, 2019, Rs. 5.4 crore was disbursed, Rs. 3.75 crore was disbursed on February 28, 2019. On April 20, 2019, an amount of Rs 6.40 crore was distributed to the AICC office. On April 24, 2019, after the second installment of Rs 5.45 crore. Interestingly, the distribution of parts of this amount is before the 2019 general elections.

The BJP sought Sonia Gandhi's reply on the matter

In this regard, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya said that in 2016, there was a lot of opposition from the Congress to the ban and the Congress party was constantly criticizing it. The Congress will have to answer for the money returned to their headquarters. This indicates the greed and hunger for the Gandhi family's money. These IT documents need to be explained and Sonia Gandhi should respond to that as she is currently the party president.

Reacting to the media news break, Congress leader Rashid Alvi said such an inquiry was not possible without the consent of the Prime Minister. "The BJP has set up a seven-star office in Delhi. Can I ask them to look into it?"