{"id":5874,"date":"2024-03-21T14:41:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T14:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/tax-dispute-becomes-political-as-india-freezes-oppositions-accounts\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T14:41:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T14:41:36","slug":"tax-dispute-becomes-political-as-india-freezes-oppositions-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/tax-dispute-becomes-political-as-india-freezes-oppositions-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Dispute Becomes Political as India Freezes Opposition\u2019s Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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India\u2019s largest opposition party accused the national authorities on Thursday of paralyzing its political activities by blocking the party\u2019s access to its bank accounts, in what it described as a heavy-handed response to a tax dispute just weeks before a pivotal general election.<\/p>\n

Officials with the party, the Indian National Congress, said that eight of its 11 main accounts at four banks had been frozen, and that there was no clear indication of when the party would regain access to the money.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t support our workers; we can\u2019t support our candidates,\u201d Rahul Gandhi, an Indian National Congress leader, said at a news conference in New Delhi. \u201cOur leaders can\u2019t fly. Forget flying \u2014 they can\u2019t take a train.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur ability to fight elections has been damaged,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Campaigning is heating up for a six-week-long election that starts on April 19 and will determine the next prime minister for the world\u2019s most populous democracy. To run election campaigns from the Himalayan mountains to India\u2019s southern shores, political groups spend billions of dollars<\/a> in what is seen as one of the world\u2019s most expensive elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n