Bengaluru, Mar 29: The Bharatiya Janata Party defended action by the Income Tax Department as a “non-partisan professional work” which “the coalition was needlessly politicising”.
The sleuths of IT department on Wednesday and Thursday raided residences of several individuals having close links with Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress across Karnataka. JD(S) called the raid as a revenge by BJP led union government for refusing their proposal to join hands with them.
“The argument the coalition leaders are making is frivolous. The I-T Department had raided G.M. Siddeshwara, Davangere BJP MP; V.G. Siddhartha, son-in-law of S.M. Krishna, and relatives of BJP MLA for Malleswaram C.N. Ashwath Narayan in the past years, indicating professional work. The coalition leaders cry foul alleging vengeance every time their leaders are raided, but are happy when our leaders are raided. We will fight this misinformation campaign,” said P. Muralidhar Rao, general secretary, BJP, in-charge of Karnataka.
BJP State president B.S. Yeddyurappa termed the protest led by the Chief Minister “an intimidatory tactic”. “This attitude of bullying and bulldozing is undemocratic and totally unacceptable,” he said.
The BJP also lodged a complaint with the Election Commission alleging that the Congress–JD(S) protest outside the IT Department office did not have any permission.
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