Jaya Bachchan had Lashed out the BJP in Parliament
New Delhi: On Tuesday, Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan said that the recent Income Tax raids on her party colleagues were linked to the ruling BJP feeling "jittery" ahead of the assembly polls in UP 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 after Ms Bachchan expressed her anger at some "personal" remarks made against her during a discussion on a bill in Rajya Sabha.
Ms Bachchan's comments also came after her daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan appeared before the ED on Monday for questioning in a case linked to the 2016 'Panama Papers' leaks case involving allegations of foreign exchange violations.
Jaya Bachchan, however, made no direct remarks in parliament about the questioning of her daughter-in-law.
To a question about action against her party leaders, she said, "They have many instruments and are misusing them.'Hawa badi karari hai, lal topi sab pe bhadi hai' in Hindi. As translated, Wind is blowing sharply, and the red cap rises above everyone else.
Red caps are associated with the Samajwadi Party whose members often wear them in their party programmes.
On Tuesday, talking about her outburst a day ago, she said that she only voiced her "heartfelt feelings" and as an expression of solidarity with the 12 suspended lawmakers.
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