The knives are out for the BJP. Even as the Congress on Friday demanded a high-level probe by the Supreme Court into the revelations that at least 14 out of the top 30 companies that donated to political parties faced action from probe agencies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the narrative of a link between the raids and donations was based on "assumptions".
"I think you've based your on-premise huge assumptions, that the money was given after the Enforcement Directorate raids happened," Sitharaman said, commenting on a question about the data released.
"What if the companies gave the money, and after that, we still went and knocked at their doors through the Enforcement Directorate? It is just an assumption that the Enforcement Directorate went and knocked at their doors; they wanted to save themselves, and therefore they came up with the funds," the Finance Minister said. "The second assumption is, are you sure they gave it to the BJP? They probably gave it to the regional parties," she added.
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