Sitharaman said, "This is not BJP's money.

The

tax raid at the house of

Uttar Pradesh's perfume trader

has taken a political form.

While the opposition is calling this action politically motivated, some parties are telling Piyush Jain and the cash seized from him as belonging to the BJP.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made it clear in a press conference today that the money recovered from Jain does not belong to the BJP.

Sitharaman said, "This is not BJP's money."

In her press conference, Sitharaman said, "Law enforcing agencies work on actionable intelligence in raids. Did the tax officials return empty handed after taking action? Raids were conducted in Uttar Pradesh, including members of the Legislative Council of the Samajwadi Party.

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Sitharaman said, "GST Intelligence people raided the perfume trader. Many misunderstandings and misconceptions were made on this, but so much has come out only when we went to the right house. Although it is not right to say that you went to the wrong house. Where Money got, is it your money? Is former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav scared of it? What is Akhilesh Yadav's interest? So much money was caught, then all these allegations are being made. Raid is going on now. 

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He said, "Akhilesh Yadav should condemn keeping so much money in the businessman's house and not make false allegations against the government agency. How does Akhilesh Yadav know whose money is kept. If he is saying that BJP's If there is money, then how does Akhilesh know that perhaps he is the partner of a perfume trader. Only then will he know.