New Delhi: Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday said that the recent Income Tax raids on some of her party colleagues were linked to the ruling BJP feeling “jittery” ahead of the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh due early next year.
Dismissing the government’s claim that the central agencies work independently, she asked whether “we are illiterate, uneducated” to believe it.
The charge came a day after a furious Ms Bachchan expressed her anger at some “personal” remarks made against her during a discussion on a bill in Rajya Sabha which were later expunged and lashed out at the BJP with a “curse” that it will “soon face bad days”.
An agitated Ms Bachchan had also told the Chair that it should be fair and alleged that an attempt was being made to stifle the voice of opposition.
Ms Bachchan’s comments also happened to come a day after her daughter-in-law and actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan appeareb
