Himanta Sarma's jibe at Congress over tax notice: 'Against poor, downtrodden'

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The Congress on Friday received a tax notice demanding 1823 crore...

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday took a swipe at the Congress over the income tax notice, saying the party was against "welfare activities, the poor and the downtrodden" if it wasn't paying its taxes.o)..

Sarma, one of the sharpest critics of the Congress, said the party is denying benefits to the poor by not paying the taxes..

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the party will hold a protest against the continuing tax terrorism of the "Modi government". ..

"To protest against the continuing tax terrorism of the Modi Government on @INCIndia, all Pradesh Congress Committees (PCCs) will be holding massive public demonstrations at the state and district headquarters tomorrow and the day after..

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