The Election Commission has called the revenue secretary and chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes on Tuesday to discuss the recent income tax searches. Revenue secretary A.B. Mody have been called to explain the searches amid allegations by the Congress that the ruling BJP was using enforcement agencies to target it just before elections are to start. The advice had come against the backdrop of the tax department's raids in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday and in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in the recent past on politicians and people connected to them. It said its sleuths had foound Rs 14.6 crore of "unaccounted" cash and seized diaries and computer files of suspect payments between Madhya Pradesh and Delhi.

Source: The Telegraph April 09, 2019 05:37 UTC