I-T Department raids Karnataka minister Shivakumar's kin's house
Earlier in the day, Income Tax officers raided Karnataka Energy Minister's property, where 44 Gujarat Congress lawmakers are presently staying, reports said.
I-T Department officers raided DK Shivakumar's properties, including his houses in Kanakapura and Sadashivanagar and his Eagleton Golf Resort, where the Congress MLAs are staying.
The Congress had flown 44 of its lawmakers from Gujarat to Bengaluru ahead of Aug 8 Rajya Sabha polls alleging that BJP was poaching its lawmakers.
Congress has also accused the incumbent Gujarat government of trying to lure 22 Congress lawmakers by offering Rs 15 crores and asking them to cross vote during the polls.
Dismissing the claims of using state machinery to target the opposition parties, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said no Congress MLAs from Gujarat were searched in the Bengaluru resort.
Brushing off the claims made by the Congress, Jaitley said the raids had to take place in the resort since the Karnataka minister "parked" himself there.
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