BHOPAL, Feb. 13 -- Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee President Jitu Patwari, while talking to media persons here at the State Congress Headquarters on Monday, said that at the behest of the BJP government at the Centre, the Income Tax Department has recently issued summons to hundreds of leaders and workers of the Congress Party in the country and the state.

This action being taken by the Income Tax Department against Congress leaders is being taken by the Income Tax Department at the behest of the Central Government only to exert pressure and is motivated by political objectives. Whenever elections come, the way the BJP in power commits this is not commendable.

Patwari said that earlier also in 2019, just before the Lok Sabha elections, ...