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Govt has created ‘mess’: Shashi Tharoor on new IT portal

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on July 6 attacked the Centre over the glitches in the new Income Tax portal, alleging that even after spending ₹4,200 crore on it, the government had “failed” to make it user-friendly and created a “mess” instead.

He asked what was the need for a new income tax portal when the old portal was running smoothly for years and why was the portal switched at peak time, when income tax payers usually file their returns and claim refunds.