Any attempts by BJP to bribe us will be foiled: Gujarat Congress MLAs in Bengaluru

Soon after raids carried out by the Income Tax Department (ITD) on the premises of Karnataka Minister D K Shivakumar had ended, the Congress Party on Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had initiated it to instill a sense of fear.

Speaking to the media here, Congress party MLA Shaktisinh Gohil accompanied by the 43 other MLAs who flew down to Bengaluru from Gujarat last week, painted the IT raids to be a ‘misuse of power’.

“D K Shivakumar has been a businessman for 30 years, and has regularly filed tax returns. Three-day continuous raids are unheard of; this is a misuse of power by the BJP. The case being investigated is an old one; why did the IT department wait for us to come and then begin the raids? This has been one by the BJP solely to instill fear”, he said while suggesting raids to be conducted in the office of the BJP Chief Amit Shah.

Earlier, the 44 Congress MLAs currently stationed in Bengaluru attended a meeting with the Governor of Karnataka Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala, in an attempt to ‘safegaurd’ democratic principles.

“Vajubhai has been a Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly, so he knows each of us personally. He has …read more