In a statement, the senior BJP leader questioned the "silence" of INDIA bloc leaders, saying he can understand why the Congress is keeping mum but wondered why parties like the TMC, DMK, JD(U) and the RJD were doing the same.
Rs 300 crore seized
The Income Tax has seized over Rs 300 crore in cash from several premises of a business group linked to Congress MP from Jharkhand Dhiraj Prasad Sahu.
The Congress has distanced itself from him, claiming that the party has nothing to do with his business, even as the BJP has latched onto the issue to press ahead with its charge of corruption against opposition parties.
Highest amount of money seized from a parliamentarian
Shah said this must be the highest amount of money seized from a parliamentarian since independence.
"It can be now understood as to why the allegation against the Modi government that it is misusing investigation agencies was made.