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Finance Minister and Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Saturday slammed Congress for stalling parliament over the National Herald case.
“Action has so far not been taken. ED has not issued any notice. Tax authorities have not passed any assessment order,” , Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said at the Aaj Tak Agenda programme.
“The government will wait for the outcome of court proceedings. If there is a tax angle, then taxation authorities will ask questions for which there is a due process,” he added.
While government is trying its best to pass the crucial bills including GST in the Winter Session, Congress has been obstructing procedures in both the houses and especially in Rajya Sabha, accusing the government of vendetta politics in the National Herald case where the Court has asked Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi to present during the procedures.
“Their lawyers are not able to help them…and finding themselves in difficulty, they are holding the democracy of the country to ransom,” he said.
“What is the reason for obstructionism today. That some private complaint is filed, a magistrate issues notice, you move the High Court and High Court grants you a stay. After hearing, the High Court dismisses it. Now you either go to trial court or you challenge it in Supreme Court. The government has not interfered in it,” he said.
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