The Congress on Friday faced a temporary halt in the partys main bank accounts after the Income Tax department froze them, including those of the Youth Congress. However, soon after announcing the same, the party member Vivek Tankha soon gave statement that the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has granted relief by de-freezing the accounts until a final hearing next week.The next hearing will be on Wednesday, as per sources. Taking it to his X handle, Congress party can operate its accounts with a lien of the IT Dept thereon !! Direction by Hon ITAT delhi. Prayer for interim relief will be heard on Wednesday. #inc #bankaccounts #initialrelief@INCIndia can operate its accounts with a lien of the IT Dept thereon !! Direction by Hon ITAT delhi. Prayer for interim relief will be heard on Wednesday. #inc #bankaccounts #initialrelief pic.twitter.com/BqMNG2jUYE— Vivek Tankha (@VTankha) February 16, 2024The statement from Tankha has come after Ajay Makan did a press conference calling the incident, freeze of democracy.
