Jul 13, 2018
From The Telegraph
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress have come out in support of Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav following Wednesday's tax raids on two hospitals owned by his sisters in Rewari, Haryana.
The Congress was the first to speak out, its Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda tweeting: "I condemn this act of vendetta politics on @_YogendraYadav's family in Rewari by BJP government. @_YogendraYadav has always been in different political party but no doubt I have always heard good things about his family in Rewari: this is uncalled for."
Income-tax officials claim to have seized Rs 22 lakh from the hospitals owned by Yadav's sisters, who are being probed for alleged cash payments to Nirav Modi, the bank-fraud accused diamantaire who has fled India.
Yadav had recently led a nine-day march through Rewari's villages on the issues of minimum support prices for farmers and demanding the closure of liquor vends in the villages.
He told reporters on Wednesday that during the raids, even the parents of children admitted to the ICU were kept out of the hospitals and doctors were not allowed to leave their cabins.
Congress national spokesperson and Haryana MLA Randeep Surjewala said the raids were "shameful & reprehensible" and were meant "to intimidate @_YogendraYadav's family".
AAP convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, a bitter opponent of Yadav who was expelled by the party in 2015, tweeted: "We strongly condemn victimisation of Yog Yadav's family by Modi govt thro the use of agencies like IT. Modi govt shud stop such vendetta politics."
Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted: "2019 elections are coming. #BJP using the agencies to silence Opposition voices and openly doing political vendetta. Strongly condemn the IT raid on @_YogendraYadav Ji's family."
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