Mysuru: Condemning coalition partners Congress and JD(S) for taking to streets over yesterday’s I-T raids, BJP MLA S.A. Ramdas has demanded the resignation of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy for not allowing I-T officials to discharge their duties properly and for misusing his official powers.
Addressing reporters at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, he said I-T officials carry out such raids, search and seizure operations on tax evaders and it is a routine process. “Being the head of the State, the CM should allow officials to discharge their duties as per law instead of blaming and allegedly threatening them with dire consequences,” he said.
“It is the same Kumaraswamy who defended raids on Sandalwood stars Yash, Punith Rajkumar, Sudeep, and others in January this year. He had then termed the raids as routine exercise and now he is showing double standards by politicising the issue,” he said.
He said that the CM had taken oath of secrecy to protect law of land besides to protect the official secrets as per Article 164 of Indian Constitution. “In this case, the CM misused his power and obstructed officials from discharging their duties and even threatened them,” he charged. Ramdas further said that his party had already filed a complaint against CM with Election Commission for obstructing official duty.
The Opposition in Karnataka has raised a valid objection that the Chief Minister H.D.Kumaraswamy has violated the oath of secrecy taken while assuming power with his prophesy that the Income Tax officials will be raiding his close supporting officials and contractors the next day.The input said to have been gathered through the State intelligence directly under him and brazenly made public as part of his BJP and Modi bashing seems to have given his henchmen ample time to stash their hordes of cash elsewhere in effect preempting the raids which followed.And what is worse after this midemeanor he has temerity to ask whether the income tax officials have been able to seize at least 10 Rupees in cash!