Tanwar, who was earlier with the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ), termed the raid as “witch-hunt” by the BJP-led NDA government. Earlier in July, the MLA found himself in trouble when the IT department reached his premises to carry out a raid.

In what can ignite a fresh round of debate between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and BJP, the Income Tax Department on Tuesday found an unaccounted wealth of Rs 130 crore with AAP MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar. The department has already seized unaccounted cash and jewellery of nearly Rs 1 crore from Tanwar and his brother.

Tanwar, who was earlier with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), termed the raid as “witch-hunt” by the BJP-led NDA government. Earlier in July, the MLA found himself in trouble when the IT department reached his premises to carry out a raid.

Sources in the Income Tax department revealed to TV channel News 18, that the account books with Tanwar showed various transactions for buying farm houses in Chattarpur and Ghitorni. According to the report, the department has also allegedly found a large number of documents showing unaccounted and benami properties. An assessment of the value of these transactions is being done.

With over a dozen AAP MLAs getting booked for offences, the party terms this as Modi’s political vendetta against them. No sooner had the Delhi High Court given the reins of the capital to the Lieutenant Governor, that Arvind Kejriwal led government moved the Supreme Court against the ruling. With frequent cases against party members and the ongoing tussle with LG, Kejriwal led party is bound to feel the tremors with this incident even more.