Ballia (UP). Union Minister Anurag Thakur attacked Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, claiming his links with a perfume trader who came into limelight after benami assets worth crores of rupees were recovered.
In addition to information and broadcasting affairs, Minister of Sports Affairs, Thakur, while talking to reporters on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of All India Invitational Prize Money Football Competition in Narhi area of the district on Tuesday, recounted the raids conducted on Akhilesh on the premises of perfume businessman Piyush Jain. Hit it hard.
On a question related to Akhilesh’s statement that there is no relation of SP with perfume trader, he said, “SP has no relation with perfume dealer, then why is SP feeling chilli. Why is Akhilesh Yadav now saying that the Income Tax department has raided now. After this raids will be conducted by ED and other departments. Thakur said that Akhilesh is aware of the pain of the perfume trader, but the SP does not realize the pain of the poor on whose development the tax money spent on it has been stolen and it becomes clear that from the perfume trader. Whose collusion?
He said, “The pain of the SP is not hiding. The fragrance of the perfume that Akhilesh Yadav has been talking about has reached the world in such a way that he cannot hide his relationship with the perfume trader. Replying to a question, the Union Minister said that this raid has nothing to do with the assembly elections to be held in Uttar Pradesh. He said that only after having sufficient information, the department takes action in such cases and the department is free to take such action.