Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday tore into Congress after the Income Tax department seized Rs 350 crore in black money and approximately 3 kg of gold ornaments from the premises of Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu.

Referring to the popular Spanish drama series on Netflix, Money Heist, the Prime Minister said that the Congress has been looting the country for 70 years now.

Resharing a video shared from the official BJP handle, titled ‘Congress presents the Money Heist, PM Modi took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, “In India, who needs ‘Money Heist’ fiction, when you have the Congress party, whose heists are legendary for 70 years and counting!”

PM Modi’s all-out attack on Congress comes after the recovery of over Rs 350 crore in black money and approximately 3 kg of gold ornaments from the premises of Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu by the Income Tax department.

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This was the highest-ever cash seizure by an agency in a single operation, sources in the I-T Department said, Indian Express reported. The counting of the seized currency notes took five days and concluded on Sunday.

The huge amount of cash seized during the Income-Tax Department’s searches at multiple properties in Odisha linked to Baldeo Sahu and Group of Companies Ltd, a distillery firm run by family members of Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand Dhiraj Sahu.

The recovery triggered a political slugfest among the ruling party in Odisha, Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the BJP, and the Congress.

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The opposition BJP in Odisha protested at multiple locations in the state, accusing the Naveen Patnaik-led state government of patronising the illegal liquor trade. The protesters alleged that BJD MLAs, ministers, and state government officials were hand-in-glove with Jharkhand Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu, who is allegedly involved in the liquor trade in the state.

Meanwhile, BJP national leadership targeted the Congress and opposition parties over the cash haul. Union Home Minister Amit Shah took a jibe at the alliance partners of the opposition bloc INDIA for not suspending the MP Sahu.