Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday slammed the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh, citing it had looted "so much from the state in six months.”
“Imagine how much black money will be in possession of the leadership, how much money they must have looted from the state in six months that this was recovered from their secretary alone,” ANI quoted Smriti Irani, as saying.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Praveen Kakkar, on Tuesday, termed the income-tax raids at his residence and other places a "political operation". He accused the officials of breaking into his house at 3.30 am on Sunday.
He, however, denied any torture by the officials.
Kakkar, interrogated by the I-T team till late Monday, said the questioning continued for 46 hours.
"They searched all the rooms and lockers, but could not find any objectionable document. At other places too, no objectionable material was found," he said, reported IANS.
