EC cautions ministry on finance offence raids
Desk
Agartala, April 8, 2019: Election Commission Sunday has sent a note to Finance Ministry in which it "strongly advised" to be “neutral" and "non-discriminatory" in raids as well actions in reference to economic offence matters. The poll body acted amid ongoing raids in states like Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
Congress and other parties except BJP have condemned the raids claiming they are fall out of political vendetta and attempt to tarnish their image in run up to multi phased Lok Sabha elections starting on April 11.
55 raids so far conducted by agencies under the Finance Ministry. The Income Tax Department, Enforcement Directorate and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence are involved in the actions.