Ranchi: Jharkhand Congress President Rajesh Thakur said that elections conducted by making any political party helpless and obstructing it in contesting elections can never be called fair. This game played by the ruling party BJP is dangerous and will have far reaching consequences. He was talking to journalists at Congress Bhawan in Ranchi on Sunday. He said that forcing Congress financially by freezing its accounts is an attack on democracy. How will democracy survive in such a situation? During this, he attacked the Narendra Modi government at the Center through electoral bonds.
Freezing accounts is an attack on democracy
Jharkhand Congress President Rajesh Thakur said that financially crippling the Congress party by freezing its bank accounts is not just an attack by the Narendra Modi government at the Center on the Congress party, but an attack on democracy. Their effort is to make the main opposition party financially paralyzed so that it cannot do any work. Couldn’t spend money on publicity. For the last one month, we have not been able to utilize the Rs 285 crore lying in our bank accounts. After all, how will we be able to prepare for the elections? How will democracy survive in such a situation? What kind of democracy is this?
BJP targeted over electoral bonds
Congress State President Rajesh Thakur said that the Income Tax Department has now frozen our bank accounts after seven years on the basis of 2017-18, regarding a case of 2017-18. On the other hand, BJP has run an extortion racket through electoral bonds. Between 2018 and 2024, BJP received Rs 8,252 crore out of the total Rs 16,518 crore in electoral bonds. The Congress party got only Rs 1,950 crore and this has also been frozen, while the BJP is free to spend its loot. Many parties received funds through electoral bonds, as all donors preferred to give anonymously. Congress general secretary cum office in-charge Amulya Neeraj Khalkho, state general secretary cum media in-charge Rakesh Sinha, spokesperson Hrishikesh Singh were mainly present on the occasion.