The Income Tax official conducted raid at the residence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Gulab Singh at around 9 am on Saturday (March 23). Singh is an MLA from the national capital's Matiala Assembly constituency. He is in-charge of Gujarat unit of the party. The IT raids were conducted by a team of 6 to 8 officials. Income Tax took action after finding some tax related irregularities.
In November 2022, ACB had alleged that some people were taking bribe for the ticket of MLA councilor.
AAP claims ED raids
The Enforcement Directorate conducted a raid at the residence of Gulab Singh, the party earlier claimed on Saturday.
The raid come a day after Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal was sent to six-day ED custody in the money laundering case linked to the Excise Policy case.
AAP reacts
Slamming the central government over the raid on Gulab Singh, Delhi Minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that the largest democracy in the world "is now on the path of dictatorship".
"People in not only India but those across the world have come to know that the BJP Government is busy in putting the entire Opposition in jail. This country is following the path of Russia...This has been seen in Bangladesh, Pakistan, North Korea and now India is on the same path. The largest democracy in the world is now on the path of dictatorship where the basic rights of people will be finished, where Opposition will be stopped...Our top 4 leaders are in jail under false cases. We are contesting in Gujarat, and the party's Gujarat in charge Gulab Singh Yadav is being raided today. I am confident that in the time to come, AAP leaders and other Opposition leaders will be raided so that Opposition is scared into silence," he said.
