They accused the BJP government at the Centre of "tying the hands" of the Congress candidate by carrying out an I-T raid on his associates.
DK Shivakumar. (X)
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday, 24 April, said Income Tax sleuths were raiding houses of Congress block presidents to defame him and to obstruct them from election campaigning. Wondering whether BJP and JD(S) candidates were not distributing money, Shivakumar, who is also the Congress state president, asked why there were no raids on them.