Sasikala-led AIADMK faction protests against income tax raids

ALSO READ 25% growth in number of Income Tax Returns filed in current fiscal Advance Tax (Personal Income Tax) collections up by 41% Income Tax (IT) Department simplifies linking PAN with Aadhaar for taxpayers using Income Tax India website Taxmen raid Jaya TV associates over suspected tax evasion I-T raids AIADMK K taka chief s residence in Bangalore I-T raids offices of Jaya TV Dr Namadhu MGR span.p-content div id =div-gpt line-height: 0px; font-size: 0px; The Sasikala faction of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Thursday said that people are well aware of the fact behind raids being conducted on the various premises of the party by the income tax department. Public are watching it. This shows that deputy general secretary TTV Dinakaran and general secretary V. K. Sasikala are becoming strong with the people with the public and with the cadres Prassana Algarsamy spokesperson of V K Sasikala faction of the AIADMK told ANI. The income tax department raided the premises of Jaya TV and Dr. Namadhu MGR a Tamil newspaper here this morning.AIADMK Karnataka in-charge E Pugazhendi s house being was also being raided by the department in Bengaluru s Domlur area.This was conducted after reports of alleged tax evasion by the channel and newspaper surfaced.Jaya TV which is considered as the mouthpiece of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) was founded by former chief minister Jayalalithaa.However the channel is now controlled by former party general secretary VK Sasikala s family members. Further details are awaited.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) ALSO READ Probe into Jayalalithaa s death begins TN CM orders judicial probe into Jayalalithaa s death Retd Justice A Arumughaswamy appointed to head probe of Jayalalithaa s death SC dismisses review plea of jailed AIADMK leader Sasikala Tamil Nadu Dy. CM Panneerselvam dismisses reports of rift with CM Palanisamy span.p-content div id =div-gpt line-height: 0px; font-size: 0px; A Delhi court on Thursday directed the city police to file supplementary chargesheet against sidelined All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader TTV Dhinakaran and others in the two leaves symbol case.The court asked the Delhi police to file supplementary chargesheet against the main accused in the case by December 5. Following the demise of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in December last year a tug of war had broken out between the two factions in the connection.Both the factions approached the Commission and asked that the official party symbol be given to it.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)