A day after Income Tax Department officials raided the Bidar District Central Cooperative (DCC) bank, headed by Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre’s brother Amar Khandre in Bidar, the Minister alleged that the raid was “politically motivated”.
Addressing presspersons in Kalaburagi city on Saturday, Mr. Khandre said, “DCC bank was focusing on the welfare of three lakh farmers in the district. My brother [Amar Khandre] won the elections a few months ago. After assuming office, he implemented a slew of measures to improve the financial conditions of the bank.”
The IT raid is an attempt to cripple my son and Congress candidate Sagar Khandre, who is getting a good response from all sections of people across the Bidar Lok Sabha constituency. Unable to bear the growing support for Mr. Sagar in the upcoming elections, the BJP-led government has used the IT department as a weapon to favour the BJP candidate and Union Minister Bhagwant Khuba, who has been boycotted by his own party leaders in the Constituency. He accused the BJP of creating trouble out of fear and desperation of losing the polls.
