Alleging that the BJP-led Union government was misusing the Income Tax Department and the Enforcement Directorate for settling political scores, members of the Congress staged a protest in the districts of Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, and Uttar Kannada on Friday.
In Hubballi, members of the Hubballi Dharwad Urban District unit staged a demonstration outside the office of the Income Tax Commissioner at Navanagar. However, when they tried to lay seize to the office, the police took them into preventive custody.
The Congress members alleged that the Union government was misusing both the Central agencies against BJP’s political opponents.
