Income tax sleuths are currently searching the residence of DMK’s Thoothukudi candidate Kanimozhi. A team of 10 officials are currently at her residence in Thoothukudi district.
DMK chief MK Stalin hit out at the Election commission over the searches and said, “Tamiliasai Soundarrajan has several crores of money at her residence. Why no raids at her place? Despite a proper complaint to election commission no action has been taken. I call for reforms in election commission in the future. Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi is using the Election Commission to tarnish the reputation of the DMK.”
The raid at Kanimozhi’s house comes almost immediately after the Election Commission announced that the Lok Sabha election to Vellore was being cancelled.
Vellore poll was cancelled following seizure of Rs 11 crore from the godown of a man close to a DMK functionary. According to an FIR filed in the case, the DMK functionary had admitted that the money belonged to him. The IT department says it seized notes which explained in which ward the money would be
Tamil Nadu goes to polls on April 18. The silent period began at 6pm on Tuesday, which means Kanimozhi as a candidate cannot react to the Income Tax raids.
Source: The News Minute