Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday appealed to the judiciary to ‘save’ the multi-party system in the country in a bid to ‘protect India’s democracy’.
Following the claimed freezing of the grand old party’s bank accounts by the Income Tax department, the head of the Congress took a harsh stance against the central government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Power drunk Modi Govt has frozen the accounts of the country’s largest Opposition party – the Indian National Congress – just before the Lok Sabha elections,” Kharge said in a post on X.
“This is a deep assault on India’s Democracy! The UNCONSTITUTIONAL money collected by the BJP would be utilised by them for elections, but the money collected by us through CROWDFUNDING shall be sealed!” he added.
The Congress chief asserted that the party will take on the streets against the government’s ‘autocracy’.
“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 chief said.
“We will take to the streets and fight strongly against this autocracy !” he added.
Former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi also attacked the government saying that the Congress party would continue to fight against the BJP led government
“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” Rahul Gandhi said in a post on X.
Congress general secretary Ajay Maken referred to the Income Tax department’s freezing of the party’s accounts as the “freeze of democracy” during a press conference earlier in the day. “I must tell you all of some extremely unsettling news. Both the Youth Congress and the Congress party’s accounts have been frozen. He continued, “The Income Tax department has raised a demand of Rs 210 crore on some tenuous grounds, and that too in a case pertaining to income tax returns of 2018-19. Not only are the accounts of the Congress party frozen, but the nation’s democracy has been frozen as well.”
