Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has dismissed the BJP’s allegations that the money seized during the recent Income Tax raids in Bengaluru has links with the ruling Congress government in Karnataka.
“It is a politically motivated and baseless allegation,” he told reporters in Mysuru on Monday. Attempts are being made to “politically link” the money found during the raid by the Income Tax Department; it is a “political statement and baseless allegation”, he said.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also countered the Opposition party’s charge that the money had been seized from the house of a Congress contractor by wondering how can contractors be differentiated on party lines. “I will call them as BJP contractors. Where is the evidence?,” the Chief Minister asked.
