Mumbai, 8/3: The Income Tax Department on Tuesday raided the house of Rahul Kanal, a Shiv Sena functionary and member of Shirdi Trust, who is considered close to Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray. The Income Tax Department also took action on the residence and office of the close relatives of State Minister Anil Parab. Earlier, the IT department had raided the offices and premises of various BMC contractors and Shiv Sena leaders.
Reacting to the incident, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aaditya Thackeray said in a statement, “Such attacks on Maharashtra have happened in the past and are happening even now.” He further said, “Central agencies have been misused in this way in the past as well. It happened in Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and now if elections are to be held in Maharashtra, it is happening here too. These central agencies have in a way become the propaganda machinery for the BJP itself, but we will not bow down. Maharashtra will not bow down.