Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and actor Taapsee Pannu were raided in 2013 as well, but no issue was made out then as it is being done now.
In comments seen as defending income tax raids on Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the same persons were raided in 2013 as well, but no issue was made out then as it is being done now. Refusing to comment on individual cases, she said it is in the national interest to know if some evasion is happening. First of all, I am not commenting on any A or B individual. (But) since the names were taken, (I want to say) the very same names were raided in 2013, she said in an interaction with journalists at IWPC (Indian Women s Press Corps).
"First of all, I am not commenting on any A or B individual. (But) since the names were taken, (I want to say) the very same names were raided in 2013," she said in an interaction with journalists at IWPC (Indian Women s Press Corps).
Updated Mar 05, 2021 | 19:26 IST
FM Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference asked why did no one ask questions when the raids were conducted in 2013 when asked about I-T raids on Bollywood actors FM Nirmala Sitharaman | Photo Credit: ANI
On being asked about income tax raids conducted at properties owned by Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the same people were “raided” in 2013 as well but no it was not a problem like it is now.
“When it (raids) happens during a govt, it s fine; when it happens during this govt, it s not. The same people were raided in 2013 too, it wasn t an issue, but it s an issue now,” said FM Sitharaman during a press conference on Friday.