Mumbai: Ajito, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Pawar On Thursday, he said he had no problem with the Income Tax department’s raids on companies linked to him, but he was upset that his three sisters were dragged into it.
Pawar, who is also the state’s finance minister, said raids were conducted on some institutions linked to him.
“We pay tax every year. Since I am the finance minister, I am aware of financial discipline. All the entities associated with me have paid taxes,” Pawar told reporters.
Raids were also conducted on organizations linked to her three sisters, one from Kolhapur and two from Pune, he said.
“I am upset because my sisters, who were married 35-40 years ago, have been raided. If they were raided as relatives of Ajit Pawar, people should think about it… The way agencies are getting (miss) used,” he said.
The NCP leader, whose party shares power with Shiv Sena and Congress in Maharashtra, said ahead of the 2019 assembly elections, his party chief Sharad PawarHis name was dragged into a bank case.
On Thursday’s raid, he said, “The IT department is in a better position to say whether there was a political motive behind the raid or they found something else.”
Income Tax Department on Thursday raided some businesses related to family members Ajit Pawar | and some real estate developers on charges of alleged tax evasion, according to official sources.
He said that the search operation is going on in Mumbai, Pune, Satara and some other cities of Maharashtra and Goa.
Premises attached to business groups like DB Realty, Shivalik, Jarandeshwar Cooperative Sugar Factory (Jarandeshwar SSK) and businesses belonging to Ajit Pawar’s sisters are being covered under the ongoing operation, sources said.
Jarandeshwar SSK has been in the news recently after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in July attached land, building, plant and machinery worth over Rs 65 crore of its sugar mill at Chimangaon-Koregaon in Satara under the Anti-Money Laundering Act. Was.
The ED had claimed that the cooperative sugar mill was linked to Ajit Pawar and his family.
Pawar, who is also the state’s finance minister, said raids were conducted on some institutions linked to him.
“We pay tax every year. Since I am the finance minister, I am aware of financial discipline. All the entities associated with me have paid taxes,” Pawar told reporters.
Raids were also conducted on organizations linked to her three sisters, one from Kolhapur and two from Pune, he said.
“I am upset because my sisters, who were married 35-40 years ago, have been raided. If they were raided as relatives of Ajit Pawar, people should think about it… The way agencies are getting (miss) used,” he said.
The NCP leader, whose party shares power with Shiv Sena and Congress in Maharashtra, said ahead of the 2019 assembly elections, his party chief Sharad PawarHis name was dragged into a bank case.
On Thursday’s raid, he said, “The IT department is in a better position to say whether there was a political motive behind the raid or they found something else.”
Income Tax Department on Thursday raided some businesses related to family members Ajit Pawar | and some real estate developers on charges of alleged tax evasion, according to official sources.
He said that the search operation is going on in Mumbai, Pune, Satara and some other cities of Maharashtra and Goa.
Premises attached to business groups like DB Realty, Shivalik, Jarandeshwar Cooperative Sugar Factory (Jarandeshwar SSK) and businesses belonging to Ajit Pawar’s sisters are being covered under the ongoing operation, sources said.
Jarandeshwar SSK has been in the news recently after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in July attached land, building, plant and machinery worth over Rs 65 crore of its sugar mill at Chimangaon-Koregaon in Satara under the Anti-Money Laundering Act. Was.
The ED had claimed that the cooperative sugar mill was linked to Ajit Pawar and his family.
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