Income Tax Department raid Karnataka minister's resort where 44 Congress Gujarat MLAs are staying
Bengaluru: The Income Tax Department on Wednesday morning raided Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar's extravagance resort close Bengaluru where Congress buried it's 44 administrators from Gujarat to forestall abandonments before up and coming Rajya Sabha polls.
The raids by taxmen started at 7 am today morning. A group of 10 tax officials, alongside Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) faculty, looked through the resort.
Shivakumar, the Energy Minister in Congress-drove Siddaramaiah government, was responsible for taking care of 44 Congress MLAs from Gujarat, who are in a resort in the edges of Bengaluru till the day of the Rajya Sabha decisions, August 8.
The taxmen raided the minister's home in Kanakapura, Sadashivanagar.
A week ago, Congress claimed that Gujarat BJP offered Rs 15 crore to each of its MLAs, a ticket in Gujarat polls alongside assets to challenge the elections.
To maintain a strategic distance from terrorizing and allurement from the resistance, Congress pioneers flew the administrators in the extravagance golf resort. The advancements came after Shankersinh Vaghela and 5 Congress MLAs surrendered from the party to join the BJP
Congress representative Shaktisinh Gohil had additionally guaranteed the MLAs were terrified for their lives, dreading kidnapping and demise, just for the purpose of few votes.
Talking on the advancement, senior Congress pioneer Ahmed Patel stated, "BJP is on an extraordinary witch-chase just to win 1 Rajya Sabha situate: Ahmed Patel,Senior Congress pioneer on IT attacks at Eagleton Golf Resort."
"In the wake of utilizing state hardware and each other organization, these I-T assaults demonstrate their articulate distress and dissatisfaction," he included.