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Over the previous three years, Congress strongman and KPCC president D.{K}. Shivakumar’s brushes with the Central investigating businesses have come simply earlier than essential elections. If the Income Tax Department searches in August 2017 have been forward of the Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat the place Ahmed Patel, a confidante of the Gandhi household, was looking for re-election, in 2019 Mr. Shivakumar’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate and the next 50 days he spent in Tihar Jail got here earlier than the essential bypolls to 13 Assembly constituencies.
The timing of the early-morning searches on Monday at 14 places, together with the Congress chief’s residence, by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths is being interpreted by the Congress as one other try to distract Mr. Shivakumar earlier than the byelections to the Assembly constituencies of Sira and Rajarajeshwari Nagar, scheduled for November 3.
“The BJP has always tried to indulge in vindictive politics and mislead public attention. The latest CBI raid on Mr. Shivakumar’s house is another attempt to derail our preparation for the bypolls. I strongly condemn this,” Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah tweeted quickly after the searches commenced.
Sources near the Vokkaliga chief stated they imagine that the searches observe reviews of unfavourable ballot ends in the Assembly constituencies as Mr. Shivakumar and his brother D.{K}. Suresh, MP from Bengaluru Rural, have been placing in “their best efforts” to safe the Congress’ victory. “Mr. Shivakumar has shown his capacity as a strategist when he has ensured bypoll victories for the Congress in Gundlupet and Kundgol Assembly constituency, and in Ballari Lok Sabha constituency in the past where he was in charge. This is his first election as KPCC president,” a supply stated.
However, the Vokkaliga Ministers within the B.S. Yediyurappa Cabinet distanced the occasion from the CBI raids. Medical Education Minister {K}. Sudhakar, who’s believed to be not in good phrases with Mr. Shivakumar, requested, “What would happen to the BJP government even if hypothetically we lost both seats? The government is already enjoying majority and its survival does not depend on the election outcome. There is no reason to target him. The BJP does not believe in political interference…”
Meanwhile, foe-turned-friend of the Congress chief and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy stated, “It is true that in such circumstances, generally it is termed political vendetta. There is nothing to fear if the political representatives work diligently. If we do not work well, we should be ready to face the investigation.”
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