In Odisha IT raids, Rs 200 crores in cash found at Congress MP's property

New Delhi : The Income Tax department has seized Rs 200 crores in cash from house of a Congress' Jharkhand Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu's property in Odisha. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi also reacted to the development and assured people that every penny will be returned.

"The countrymen should look at the pile of these notes and then listen to the honest 'speeches' of their leaders…Whatever has been looted from the public, every penny will have to be returned, this is Modi's guarantee," PM Modi said in a post on X with a newspaper clipping on the raids.

According to a media report, the I-T department has also raided Sahu's business premises in Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Meanwhile, Jharkhand unit of Congress has remained muted over the development. On the other hand, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged that the Congress leaders are busy filling up their pockets.

"IT raids were conducted at 10 locations in Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal, which lasted for three days. Disconcerting facts have come up. The IT dept has seized more than ₹100 crore in cash from the residence of a Congress MP in Jharkhand. The Congress leaders are filling up their pockets with these black earnings made out of corruption", Bhartiya Janata Party leader Gaurav Bhatia said on Friday.