Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 19
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Punjab, has termed the sudden spree of raids by the Income Tax Department on arhtiyas, businessmen and traders as a retaliatory step by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.
BJP’s old habit
Picking on those who dare to raise a voice against the BJP for their rights is the party’s old habit. However, the move (raids on arhtiyas) won’t succeed this time around.—Bhagwant Mann, AAP Punjab president
In a statement, state unit president and MP Bhagwant Mann said the Income Tax Department had conducted raids on around 25 arhtiyas and businessmen who were openly supporting the ongoing peasant movement. He termed it an attempt to intimidate them and all other sections and said picking on those who dared to raise a voice against the BJP for their rights was the party’s old habit. However, the move won’t succeed this time around, he maintained.
Mann said corrupt and weak leaders, the likes of Narendra Modi, Capt Amarinder Singh and Prakash Singh Badal, could be cowed down or intimidated by the central agencies, like the ED and CBI, but this manipulation of the Central Government would not scare away the labourers, ‘arhtiyas’, traders and others who stood rock solid behind the farmers.
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