CPI(M) slams I-T dept.’s overzealousness in freezing party accounts
EC rebuts Cong. chief ’s allegation on voting data
The Election Commission rebutted allegations in a letter by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to his INDIA colleagues on the alleged “discrepancies in voting data” released by the election panel. The EC called the letter an “attempt to push a biased narrative under the guise of seeking clarications”.
The rebuttal was released an hour before the EC’s meeting with INDIA bloc leaders, where apart from the turnout data, the leaders questioned the EC’s inaction on complaints against BJP leaders.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary M.V. Govindan on Friday said the Bank of India’s mistake in entering the wrong PAN number had prompted the Income Tax department to freeze the party’s accounts in Thrissur district illegally.
Mr. Govindan said the BJP central leadership’s attempt to hobble the Left Democratic Front’s campaign in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency explained the I-T department’s overzealousness.
Flays media
A section of the rightwing media plotted with the the BJP to create the political optics that the CPI (M) hoarded unaccounted money in its accounts without ling I-T returns.
Mr. Govindan reiterated that the party’s nancial operations were transparent and above board. The CPI(M) had nothing to hide.
It sourced its funds from party levies and contributions from small donors, a testament to its commitment to nancial integrity.
The CPI(M) would mobilise students, teachers, and women to protest Israel’s genocidal attack on starving and hedged-in residents of Gaza on May 20.
The CPI(M) also expressed solidarity with students, including in the United States, protesting against Israel’s indiscriminate military action against the people of Palestine.