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 The Income Tax department has frozen the Congress' main bank accounts on "flimsy grounds", treasurer Ajay Maken claimed on Friday

I-T appellate allows Congress to operate frozen bank accounts

I-T appellate grants relief to Congress
I-T appellate allows operation of Congress accounts
Congress said I-T dept had frozen 4 of its bank accounts

&nbsp;The Income Tax department has frozen the Congress' main bank accounts on "flimsy grounds", treasurer Ajay Maken claimed on Friday

Just over an hour after Congress in a press conference said that four of its bank accounts were frozen, the Income Tax appellate tribunal granted it relief.&nbsp;
The tribunal allowed the Congress to operate its accounts till the next hearing which is on February 21.&nbsp;
&nbsp;The Income Tax department has frozen the Congress' main bank accounts on "flimsy grounds", treasurer Ajay Maken claimed on Friday and said this has affected all political activity of the party barely two weeks before general elections are announced.
The party is unable to use even the funds received under its crowdfunding scheme, Maken said at a press conference and alleged that democracy is in danger in the country. Maken said four main bank accounts were frozen. Sources later put the number at nine.
The accounts, including that of the Indian Youth Congress, were frozen on an Income Tax demand of Rs 210 crore for 2018-19, an election year, Maken said.
According to him, the party filed its Income Tax return for the concerned year a few days late and that is why this action. He said the IT authorities' orders freezing the accounts had come on Wednesday.
"For the first time in the country's history, accounts of the principal opposition party have been frozen by the tax authorities on flimsy grounds, barely two weeks before the announcement of general elections," Maken told reporters.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said in a post on X, "Power drunk Modi Government has frozen the accounts of the country's largest Opposition party - the Indian National Congress - just before the Lok Sabha elections." "This is a deep assault on India's Democracy," he added. The unconstitutional money collected by the BJP would be utilised by them for elections, but the money collected by the Congress through crowdfunding shall be sealed, the party president said.
"That is why, I have said that there won't be any elections in the future. We appeal to the Judiciary to save the multi-party system in this country and protect India's Democracy," the Congress president said.
He said they will take to the streets and wage a strong fight against this autocracy.
Echoing the party chief, Maken appealed to the judiciary to save democracy as it was in danger and said the country is headed towards "one-party democracy".
He said the party has already appealed to the Income Tax appellate authority and hoped for justice. The party will otherwise make an appeal before the judiciary, Maken said.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court scrapped the Centre's electoral bonds scheme of anonymous political funding, calling it "unconstitutional" and ordering disclosure of the bond's donors, amount and recipients by March 13.
With PTI inputs

Congress party treasurer Ajay Maken on Friday said that Congress party's accounts were frozen by the Income Tax Department on flimsy grounds

'Filed returns 45 days late': Ajay Maken on why Congress accounts have been frozen

Congress party treasurer Ajay Maken on Friday said that Congress party's accounts were frozen by the Income Tax Department on flimsy grounds


Congress party treasurer Ajay Maken on Friday said that Congress party's accounts were frozen by the Income Tax Department on flimsy grounds

Congress on Friday, February 16, claimed that four of their main accounts were frozen by the Income Tax department. Congress treasurer Ajay Maken said that the party's account has been frozen on 'flimsy grounds'. Maken also said that the Income Tax Department has asked for a recovery amount of ₹210 crore.&nbsp;
Maken said that Congress had filed its Income Tax return for 2018-19 late and that is one of the reasons behind the action against them.
He said, "we had to submit our account by December 31, 2019, and there was a delay of 40-45 days in the submission. We all make such delays by mistake, many people file their returns late and they've done this on that basis."
Ajay Maken also talked about the second reason and said, "2018-19 was the year of election and the Congress recieved a total of ₹199 crore which were spent on the elections. From that, only ₹14,40,000 was given in cash by our Congress MPs and MLAs. They submitted their one-month salary in cash. And just because we submitted ₹14,40,000 in cash, we now have a penalty of ₹210 crore."
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Congress leader Ajay Maken has said that the bank accounts of Congress and Youth Congress have been frozen and because of that they don't have any money to spend

How will 'freezing' of accounts impact Congress? Here's what Ajay Maken said

Congress leader Ajay Maken has said that the bank accounts of Congress and Youth Congress have been frozen and because of that they don't have any money to spend

Congress leader Ajay Maken said that all financial activities of the party have been impacted as he claimed that the Income Tax department has frozen all of the Congress party accounts.
In a press conference that took place on Friday, Ajay Maken said, "we got information day before yesterday that banks are not honouring the cheques we are issuing. On further investigation, we got to know that the Youth Congress bank accounts have also been frozen."
Ajay Maken also said that their accounts had been frozen just weeks before the elections. He further said that this is not just about Congress party accounts being frozen as it is 'equivalent to democracy being frozen'.&nbsp;
Maken added that the Income Tax department has asked for Rs 210 crore as recovery from Youth Congress and Congress party." Moreover, the&nbsp;
Congress party had recently started a crowdfunding campaign with the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in mind. The money from that has been frozen as well, said Maken, who recently filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections.
He also talked about the impact of accounts being frozen and said, "Right now we don't have any money to spend, to pay electricity bills, to pay salaries to our employees. Everything will be impacted, not only Nyay Yatra but all political activities will be impacted."
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Congress leader Ajay Maken has said that the bank accounts of Congress and Youth Congress have been frozen

Watch: Congress gives details of money in 'frozen' bank accounts

Congress leader Ajay Maken has said that the bank accounts of Congress and Youth Congress have been frozen

On Friday, Congress claimed that the Income Tax department has frozen its bank accounts including Youth Congress' account and asked for a recovery amount of Rs 210 crores. A press conference took place earlier on Friday, where party treasurer Ajay Maken said that the Congress' accounts has been frozen weeks before the election.&nbsp;
In the press conference, Ajay Maken mentioned that their accounts have been frozen based on a delay in filing 2018-19 Income Tax Returns. Maken said that there are two reasons for it and one of them is that they had to submit their account by December 31, 2019 but there was a delay of40-45 days.&nbsp;
Maken said in the press conference that the second reason is that 2018-19 was the year of election and the Congress received a total of Rs 199 crore which was spent on the elections.
He said, "from that, only Rs 14 lakh 40 thousand were given in cash by our Congress MPs and MLAs. They submitted their one-month salary in cash. And just because we submitted Rs 14 lakh 40 thousand in cash, we now have a penalty of Rs 210 crore. After five years, they've frozen all our accounts just two weeks before the announcement of the election."
However, just an hour after Congress made the announcement, their accounts were unfrozen after the party filed an appeal with the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in Delhi.
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The Congress has said that the Income Tax department has frozen 4 of its bank accounts

Ajay Maken: Congress bank accounts frozen, Income Tax demanded Rs 210 in recovery

The Congress has said that the Income Tax department has frozen 4 of its bank accounts

The Income Tax department has frozen the Congress' four main bank accounts on "flimsy grounds", party treasurer Ajay Maken claimed on Friday and alleged that democracy was in danger in the country.
This has affected all political activity of the party, Maken said at a press conference. Sources later said nine accounts had been frozen.
The accounts were frozen on an Income Tax demand of Rs 210 crore for 2018-19, an election year, Maken said.
"For the first time in the country's history, accounts of the principal opposition party have been frozen by the tax authorities on flimsy grounds, barely two weeks before the announcement of general elections," Maken told reporters.
He appealed to the judiciary to save democracy as it was in danger and said the country is headed towards one-party democracy.
Maken said the party has already appealed to the Income Tax appellate authority.&nbsp;

In a jolt to the Congress, the BJP's Krishan Lal Panwar and the saffron party-backed Independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma were declared elected for the two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana, after a high drama over allegations of violations of polling rules that delayed the counting by more than seven hours.
The counting of votes began past midnight and the results were announced after 2 am on Saturday.
According to Election Commission officials, Congress candidates Ajay Maken did not get enough votes. The party said one of its MLAs cross-voted while the vote of an MLA was declared invalid.While the value of votes polled by the BJP was 3,600, securing the first seat for Panwar, Sharma won the second seat with a vote value of 2,960, including 660 that got transferred from the BJP candidate as second preference votes. The Congress’ value of votes was 2,900.

Rajya Sabha polls: jolt to Congress, Ajay Maken loses in Haryana

The counting of votes began past midnight and the results were announced after 2 am on Saturday.

In a jolt to the Congress, the BJP's Krishan Lal Panwar and the saffron party-backed Independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma were declared elected for the two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana, after a high drama over allegations of violations of polling rules that delayed the counting by more than seven hours.
The counting of votes began past midnight and the results were announced after 2 am on Saturday.
According to Election Commission officials, Congress candidates Ajay Maken did not get enough votes. The party said one of its MLAs cross-voted while the vote of an MLA was declared invalid. Also Watch:<a href="https://www.editorji.com/liveblog/india-news/communal-clashes-in-j-k-s-bhaderwah-live-updates-curfew-after-alleged-hate-speech-in-mosque-155">&nbsp;Rajya Sabha polls: setback for Agadi, BJP wins 3 of 6 seats</a> While the value of votes polled by the BJP was 3,600, securing the first seat for Panwar, Sharma won the second seat with a vote value of 2,960, including 660 that got transferred from the BJP candidate as second preference votes. The Congress&rsquo; value of votes was 2,900.

After controversy&nbsp;over suspension of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account, the Congress on Wednesday said that similar action was taken against the handles of five senior leaders, claiming that more of their party leaders have been censored.
The Congress claimed that comms-in-charge Randeep Surjewala, MP Manickam Tagore, Assam-in-charge Jitendra Singh, AICC general secretary&nbsp;Ajay Maken and Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev have been locked out of their accounts.
The AICC secretary in charge of the party's Communication Department tweeted and&nbsp;accused Twitter of acting against Gandhi's account under pressure from the government.&nbsp;
After Rahul Gandhi's account was temporarily suspended and a tweet deleted, the Congress on Monday accused Twitter of adopting "double standards" and violating the freedom of expression "under the diktat of the Modi government".&nbsp;
The action by Twitter came after Gandhi had tweeted pictures with the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Delhi last week.
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Congress says Twitter locked out 5 of its leaders, including Surjewala & Maken

After controversy&nbsp;over suspension of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account, the Congress on Wednesday said that similar action was taken against the handles of five senior leaders, claiming that more of their party leaders have been censored.

(supers) // Congress says Twitter locked handles of five of its leaders // Randeep Surjewala, Ajay Maken, Jitendra Singh, among them // Congress: Twitter is acting under pressure from the BJP govt // Rahul Gandhi's account had been temporarily suspended earlier // Congress accused Twitter of 'violating freedom of expression'
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<h2>Accounts of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC), Ajay Maken, Manickam Tagore, Jitendra Singh and Sushmita Dev were locked by Twitter, claimed Congress.</h2>

After controversy&nbsp;over the suspension of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account, the Congress on Wednesday said the handles of five other senior leaders, had also been locked by Twitter.
 The Congress claimed that media-in-charge Randeep Surjewala, MP Manickam Tagore, Assam-in-charge Jitendra Singh, AICC general secretary&nbsp;Ajay Maken and Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev have been locked out of their accounts. The Congress is accusing Twitter of acting against its leaders under pressure from the Modi government.&nbsp;
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After Rahul Gandhi's account was temporarily suspended and a tweet deleted, the Congress on Monday accused Twitter of adopting "double standards" and violating the freedom of expression "under the diktat of the Modi government".&nbsp;

Major reshuffle in Congress, Sonia Gandhi revamps CWC

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday reconstituted the Congress Working Committee and the Central Election Authority of the party.
In a major reshuffle, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ambika Soni, Motilal Vohra and Mallikarjun Kharge were dropped from the list of general secretaries.
Jitin Prasada has been made in-charge of the party in poll-bound West Bengal. Madhusudan Mistry, Rajesh Mishra, Krishna Byre Gowda, S Jothimani and Avinder Singh Lovely have been appointed members of the Central Election Authority.
Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala, Jitendra Singh and Ajay Maken have been appointed as new general secretaries for Karnataka, Assam and Rajasthan.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday reconstituted the Congress Working Committee and the Central Election Authority of the party.
In a major reshuffle, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ambika Soni, Motilal Vohra and Mallikarjun Kharge were dropped from the list of general secretaries.
Jitin Prasada has been made in-charge of the party in poll-bound West Bengal. Madhusudan Mistry, Rajesh Mishra, Krishna Byre Gowda, S Jothimani and Arvinder Singh Lovely have been appointed members of the Central Election Authority.
Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala, Jitendra Singh and Ajay Maken have been appointed as new general secretaries for Karnataka, Assam and Rajasthan.

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