Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday that the party is facing difficulties in supporting its candidates in the Lok Sabha polls, mainly due to financial crunch caused by “steps taken by the central government”.
Addressing a press conference here, he said the party will fare very well in the polls and the opposition alliance will secure a “clear and convincing majority” despite all attempts to scuttle its progress.
“There has been an attempt to create problems for us. Our accounts were frozen and Rs 300 crore of money received through public funding were stolen by the PM,” Ramesh said.
In February, the Income Tax department has frozen four main bank accountants of the Congress on a tax demand of Rs 210 crore for 2018-19.
The Congress leaders are humiliated daily and such attacks are being led by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Ramesh alleged.
Asked if the party is facing any problems due to such action from the government, he said: “I will not disagree that we are facing problems. The attempt is to make us disabled, but we will not. We will stand on our feet and fight back.”
He claimed that the party is trying hard to support the candidates, who are fighting with the backing of all sections of the society like youths, women and farmers.
“They (BJP) are trying to scare us, but we are not. Actually they are scared and that is why they are trying to scare us,” Ramesh said.
Asserting that the opposition INDIA bloc will get a clear majority of over 272 seats, the Congress leader said all regional parties from Northeast will line up to join the anti-BJP coalition after the Lok Sabha results are out on June 4.
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