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Ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, the spat between the Congress – JD( S) government and the Centre is set to intensify further. The latest flashpoint is the IT raids in Karnataka.
According to media reports, Officials from the Income Tax department were conducting raids at the Chinnakurli residence of Janata Dal-Secular leader and Karnataka Minor Irrigation Minister CS Puttaraju in Mandya.
The raids are being carried out by I-T officials and Central Personal Force personnel.
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy called these raids the prime minister’s “real surgical strike.”
“PM @narendramodi’s real surgical strike is out in the open through I-T dept raids. The constitutional post offer for IT officer Balakrishna helped the PM in his revenge game. Highly deplorable to use govt machinery, corrupt officials to harass opponents during election time” he tweeted.
PM @narendramodi‘s real surgical strike is out in the open through IT dept raids. The constitutional post offer for IT officer Balakrishna helped the PM in his revenge game. Highly deplorable to use govt machinery, corrupt officials to harrass opponents during election time.
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) March 28, 2019
Hon’ble PM @NarendraModi is misusing the IncomeTax Dept to threaten the political leaders of Karnataka from JDS and Congress during election time
They have planned to conduct IT raids on our important leaders.This is nothing but revenge politics.We will not be cowed down by this
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) March 27, 2019
