‘IT department has come now; ED, CBI will follow’: Akhilesh Yadav after tax raids on his aides

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said that after IT department has conducted raid; ED, CBI will follow. He said that BJP always tries to polarise before polls.

This comes after  an income tax raided at the premises of RCL Group promotor Manoj Yadav in Mainpuri and Samajwadi Party (SP) national secretary and spokesperson Rajiv Rai in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, added the sources. The raid has been going on since 7 am at the residence of Rai at Sahadatpura of Mau district.

Also the raid was conducted at the premises of the close aide of Samajwadi Party’s Chief Akhilesh Yadav, Jainendra Yadav in Lucknow.

Income Tax department conducting searches at the residences of Jainendra Yadav (pics 1-2), reportedly a close aide of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, in Lucknow and RCL Group promoter Manoj Yadav (pics 3-4).

The residence of national secretary of SP, Rajeev Rai is also being raided. pic.twitter.com/zs2u7JsXsO

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Searches at the residence of Akhilesh Yadav’s close aide Manoj Yadav have been going on for two hours now.

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Further details are awaited.