 "Delhi's Cong unit holds protest against freezing of party's bank accounts")
The Delhi unit of the Congress on Saturday held a demonstration against the freezing of party bank accounts by the Income Tax department a day ago.
The Congress' main bank accounts were frozen on Friday over an income tax demand of Rs 210 crore but an I-T appellate tribunal later allowed it to operate them, pending a further hearing next week, a huge relief for the party which said the move had impacted all political activity.
The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee's (DPCC) protest was led by its president Arvinder Singh Lovely with demonstrators carrying placards and raising slogans.
Addressing the Congress workers, Lovely alleged that the central government was misusing the Income Tax department to pressure and silence the party.
But the Congress has a long history of struggles and sacrifices in the face of heavy odds, and the party will weather this test and challenge it by firmly upholding its political ideology and standing for truth and the good of the people, he added.
Adequate security was deployed near the DPCC office, where the protestors were stopped and not allowed to move towards the ITO office.