New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- Raising concerns over the withdrawal of Rs 65 crore "undemocratically" from the Congress' bank accounts by the income tax department, party leader Ajay Maken said that despite the sub judice nature of the matter, the Congress party is facing an unprecedented demand of Rs 210 crore when there is a common practice for National Political Parties to pay no income tax.

Highlighting that neither the Congress nor the BJP pays income tax, Maken in a post on X, said that their hopes now lie with the Judiciary.

"Yesterday, the Income Tax Department mandated banks to transfer over Rs65 crores from INC India, IYC, and NSUI accounts to the government--Rs5 crores from IYC and NSUI, and Rs60.25 crores from INC, marking a concerni...