NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence has sent a notice to BJP and Narendra Modi demanding payment of service tax for the latter's rallies "Recently it was in news that Bhartiya Janta Party has collected amount by way of tickets for entry to the rally at different places in India where Mr. Narendra Modi had addressed the public at large," reads the notice.The notice mentions "as the entry tickets to the event were not for any admission to any entertainment event or access to amusement facilities (which are in the negative list) the same is taxable in the hands of the person collecting the amount of tickets. It appears that the BJP/Shri Narendra Modi has neither got registered under the Service Tax nor paid tax on collection from tickets," the notice says.The notice goes on to demand that within ten days of receiving it, BJP should intimate the details of amounts collected and service tax paid, if any.Slamming the notice, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley wrote, "Considering the crowds who gather to listen to Modi, this can be FM's faint hope of augmenting his otherwise depleting revenue."Clarifying BJP's stance, Jaitley said, "Obviously, there are no tickets for Narendra Modi's rallies. Either at the rallies or elsewhere in the country, the BJP has launched a massive fund collection campaign. Our effort is to reach 10 crores households for fund collection.""The Directorate General of Central Excise and Intelligence appears to be believing that the BJP/Narendra Modi renders service to those who come to attend Narendra Modi's rallies. They believe that Mr. Modi's rally is neither 'entertainment event nor access to amusement facilities hence they are liable to levy of service tax," Jaitley said.Jaitley questioned if such notice for collecting funds is only being issued to the BJP or to other political parties, particularly the Congress Party. "There is no doubt that the UPA government has taken leave of all its senses. I hope the people realize the extent of desperation to the extent the Congress has stooped to. If this is how the principal opposition party or its Prime Ministerial candidate can be harassed, the extent of plight of common taxpayers in the country can be easily understood," he hit out.