‘We don’t have money to spend…', says Mallikarjun Kharge ahead of Lok Sabha polls 2024

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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal unfreezes Congress' bank accounts, Kharge says 'power drunk Modi Govt…' Taking up the issue of electoral bonds, which got scrapped by the Supreme Court of India last month, said, " They (Bharatiya Janata party) are not disclosing about electoral bonds they got because their theft will come out, their wrong deeds will come out, so they asked for time till July". In February this year, Congress announced that its bank accounts had been frozen by the Income Tax department in connection with a dispute over a tax demand of ₹210 crore.

Later, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) allowed the party to partly operate its accounts for a week. Last week, ITAT dismissed the Congress plea seeking a stay on the I-T's proceedings against its bank accounts.

Congress plea to stay I-T dept action on its bank accounts dismissed, party to move high court Reacting to the ITAT order, Congress senior leader Ajay Maken said the party is exploring legal options and will move the high court against the order. Recently, Congress launched a crowdfunding campaign 'Donate for Desh' for the party ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

The grand old party said that the campaign was inspired by the 'Tilak Swaraj Fund' started in the year 1920. On the 138 years completed by Congress, the party had urged the citizens to pay the money in multiples of 138 (e.g., ₹138, ₹1380, ₹13,800, or more).