In a turn of events for the Congress party, the Income Tax department on Thursday conducted raids at former Karnataka deputy chief minister and senior Congress leader G Parameshwara’s house. Simultaneously, the IT team also conducted a raid on a medical college owned by him.
Around 30 locations connected to Parameshwara were searched in the raids. The senior Congress leader has been implicated in a case involving a trust that was accused of amassing a large sum of black money for medical admissions.
According to reports, a four-member team also conducted search and seizure operations at Siddhartha Group of Institutions, which is owned by Parameshwara, in Tumakuru.
In addition, the authorities also carried out raids on a medical college and hospital in Kolar owned by former Union minister R L Jalappa.
Speaking to reporters, the senior congress leader said that “if raids are being conducted on the educational institutions, I have no objection. Let them look at all the documents.” In support, former Karnataka CM and leader of opposition, Siddaramaiah said the raids were “politically motivated”.
The series of IT raids on @DrParameshwara, RL Jalappa & others, are politically motivated with malafide intention. They are only targeting @INCKarnataka leaders as they have failed to face us on policy & corruption issues.
We won’t budge to any such tactics!!
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) October 10, 2019
He also tweeted the same and said that the raids were conducted with a malafide intention. He further wrote that “they are only targeting @INCKarnataka leaders as they have failed to face us on policy & corruption issues. We won’t budge to any such tactics.”
The raids came hours before the convening of a three-day session of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, in which the Congress is likely to raise the issue.