Subsequently, the party claimed that access to funds in the accounts was granted by IT officials, awaiting a court hearing.
Mallikarjun Kharge, the leader of the Congress, referred to the fund freezing as a “assault on democracy”.
The claims have not received a response from the government or the IT division.
Reporters were briefed by Congress leader Ajay Maken on Friday morning that the party was notified two days prior that the checks it was writing were “not being honored” by banks.
The party was informed that “all its accounts had been frozen” after they looked into it.
According to Mr. Maken, membership payments funded the party’s youth wing’s accounts, but online crowdfunding provided the funds for the party’s accounts. He stated that the Indian young Congress, the organization’s young arm, had also had its finances stopped.
Mr. Maken stated, “We don’t have any money to spend, to pay electricity bills, to pay salaries to our employees,” and he threatened to cut into the party’s entire political program.
He explained that the action was made since the party’s 2018–2019 income tax filings were not filed for 45 days.
The IT department has requested that Congress pay 2.1 billion rupees ($25 million), he continued.
