New Delhi: senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said that the I-T department may raid his residence in Sivaganga constituency of Chennai and added that the raids were being planned to 'cripple the election campaign'.
The statement of chidambaram came on the backdrop of a series of raids by the Income Tax department on the residences of Madhya Pradesh (MP) Chief Minister Kamal Nath's aides. In a Tweet on Monday, Senior congres leader said, "The IT department knows that we have nothing to hide. They and other agencies have searched our residences before and found nothing. The intention is to cripple the election campaign.”
He furteh said, "I have been told that the I-T department has plans to raid my residence in Sivaganga constituency and in Chennai. We will welcome the search party! The people are watching the excesses of this government and will deliver a fitting lesson in the elections.”
Chidambaram has also been probed in the Aircel Maxis and INX media cases.
According to the report, a team of nearly 200 IT officials carried out pre-dawn raids at 52 locations in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi on aides of MP CM Kamal Nath on Sunday.
"recovered undisclosed cash amounting to Rs 10-14 crore," news agency PTI cited officials as saying.
