'No restrictions on Congress using bank accounts'

There is no restriction on the Indian National Congress (INC) using accounts, but any of its bank the alleged income tax dues of ₹115 crore attached by the tax department will be transferred to the exchequer as per the procedure followed in the case of any citizen defaulting on tax dues, a person informed about the working of the tax department said on Friday.

- Gireesh Chandra Prasad

If the funds are insufficient, the same would be recovered as and when they are deposited into the accounts, the person cited above said, requesting not to be identified.

This comes after news reports of a Congress party leader saying on Friday that the party's bank accounts were unfrozen by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) after the party filed an appeal before it. The party earlier in the day said that tax authorities had frozen its main bank accounts, impacting all political activity, www.hindustantimes.com reported on Friday.