Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar on Monday lashed out at the ruling BJP at the Centre for issuing the notice by the CBI to Kerala-based Jaihind channel seeking details of the investments made in the channel by him in connection with a disproportionate assets case and alleged that the BJP leaders had hatched a “big conspiracy” to finish him politically.
Replying to reporters’ query on a new CBI notice to him regarding a Kerala TV channel, he said, “Persecution has continued in spite of the fact that permission for the CBI to investigate me has been withdrawn by the Karnataka government. This is an attempt by the BJP leaders to finish me politically.”
He said: “Even after the State government has withdrawn the permission to investigate the case in November 2023, CBI has issued notices to several people and organisations including a cooperative society headed by me. I don’t understand what their objective is, but it looks like they are hatching a conspiracy to create troubles for me and the party.”
