Patna : The JD-U on Thursday served an ultimatum to the BJP seeking answers to questions raised by it over large-scale land purchase it had made ahead of demonetisation, failing which it would approach the Income Tax department for a probe into the source of money used for buying the plots.
The one-day ultimatum was served by three state JD-U spokesmen Sanjay Singh, Niraj Kumar and Rajiv Ranjan Prasad at a joint press conference here.
“We will wait for answers from the BJP on questions raised by us on the land deal only for one day and after that we will approach the Income Tax department giving details of the large-scale land purchase under section 133 of the IT Act,” they told reporters. The JD-U leaders said they have collected details about purchase of land in 31 places in Bihar.
Instead of giving categorical answers to the questions, some BJP leaders opened their mouth but only made “baseless statements”, the three claimed.
Stepping up its attack on BJP after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar questioned the silence of the saffron party on land purchase, the JD-U had recently rejected the defence of senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi and new state party chief Nityanand Rai that payments for land purchase were made through bank RTGS, and issued details of area of land bought, registration, name of sellers and sources of payment.–PTI
