Why Are Chandrababu & Co Afraid Of Income Tax Searches: Somu Veerraju

Kakinada: BJP MLC Somu Veerraju hit out at the ruling TDP in Andhra Pradesh for trying to paint itself as a victim of the central government’s ‘vindictive’ policies, when in reality, income tax raids were routine investigations carried out by the department.

To portray raids which were conducted on tax evaders and on people who had amassed income disproportionate to their means, as “vengeful politics”, is a travesty of truth, he said. It is patently false to describe these income tax searches as selective targeting of Chandrababu Naidu and his party leaders, the BJP MLC said.

.Somu Veerraju observed that Chandrababu Naidu and his associates were getting increasingly agitated and frightful about the IT raids.

The TDP government appeared to be rattled by the IT department’s routine investigations, he remarked. If Chandrababu Naidu and his associates were men of integrity and transparency, they had nothing to fear, Veerraju commented.

What about raids conducted by the Andhra Pradesh government’s Anti Corruption Bureau, he questioned. Does Chandrababu support the ACB’s functioning? Veerraju posed these searching questions to the TDP government.

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