Friday, November 15, 2024

Lol! Kashyap allegedly had his account sealed under UPA too: No outrage then by Liberals





Congress, Liberals and Opposition are up in arms against the Modi government after Income Tax raids were conducted on film-maker Anurag Kashyap and actress Taapsee Pannu, accusing that it was an attempt to silence the voices who are in dissent against the present ruling dispensation. 

Guess what. It has now emerged that Congress itself during its UPA regime had charged Anurag Kashyap for evading service tax in 2013!

OpIndia has brought this to light, mentioning that the Service Tax department had then charged Anurag Kashyap guilty for evasion of tax worth Rs. 55 lakh. His accounts were also sealed as he had failed to appear before the officials despite several summons.

Now first see how Liberals reacted to the raids on Kashyap and Pannu on Thursday. First Prashant Bhushan. 

Now look at how Vir Sanghvi has reacted.

Ankur Singh, a twitterati, made a stinging tweet. 

Rahul Kumar also asserted that Anurag Kashyap was a ‘habitual offender in tax evasion cases and noted that under the UPA government his accounts were sealed in 2013.

During its raid on not on Kashyap and Pannu, the IT officials found there was discrepancy in the income to the tune of Rs 600 crores.  The raids were also carried out against filmmakers Vikas Behl, Madhu Mantena, and several others. 

The IT sleuths had also found evidence of cash receipts by the actress, presumably Taapsee Pannu, to the tune of Rs 5 crores.

 


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