Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala on Friday alleged that the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was making every attempt to cripple the Congress campaign in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections by freezing 11 accounts of the party in different banks.
At a press conference, both leaders mounted an all-out attack on the Union government, alleging that all Central agencies had been used to restrict the operation of Congress’ bank accounts, following a tax dispute. They demanded a level playing field to contest the Lok Sabha election.
Mr. Surjewala alleged that democracy and parliamentary institutions were under attack, and the government had seized more than ₹200 crore of the party’s funds in different banks and curtailed the supply of publicity materials, advertisement in the media, and tours of the leaders.
