Raid against Kartar Singh Tanwar: Govt does not work with vendetta, says MoS Finance

Rejecting charges of vendetta behind income tax raids against an Aam Aadmi Party MLA, Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday said any lawmaker doing illegal things will have to face legal scrutiny.

"This government does not work with vendetta," he told reporters when asked to comment on I-T raids against AAP MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar. "If any MLA or MP of any party does illegal things, then whatever is the legal course he has to face that," he said.

While AAP has termed the raids as "witch-hunt" by the BJP-led NDA government, Meghwal said his government holds no "grudge" against anyone. The Chhatarpur MLA's farm house and offices were raided by income tax officials in July. Unconfirmed reports said the I-T raid led to recovery of alleged unaccounted wealth of Rs 130 crore.