Meanwhile, Advocate Zoheb Hossain appeared for IT department and argued that the impression sought to be created that the IT proceedings have begun just before elections, is wrong.
“We have shown that these proceedings have been going on since 2021. This is routine recovery. For four years you don’t pay up, then every fifth year there is going to be an election,” he said.
Hossain stated that with interest, the total demand against the Congress party is ₹135 crore, of which ₹65.9 crore has been recovered.
He added that no financial hardship is being caused to the party and that its cumulative assets amount to nearly ₹1,400 crore.
“It can’t be an argument that because we have to fight the elections, we won’t pay,” Hossain stressed.
Source: Barandbench
