Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that he had received an income tax notice, seeking clarification about the affidavits that he had filed for elections in the past, India Today reported. Pawar accused the Centre of deliberately serving the notices to Opposition leaders.
“They [the central government] love some people,” Pawar about the tax notice at a press conference. The veteran leader added that the notices were served for the elections in 2009, 2014 and 2019, and that he will reply to them soon, according to Loksatta.
The income tax department also served notices to NCP leader and Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son and minister Aaditya Thackeray.
The four leaders were served the notices after the Election Commission of India reportedly reminded the Central Board of Direct Taxes of…