It Raid Karnataka Minister

Cong raises K'taka I-T raids issue in Parliament; Jaitley says no vendetta

The ruling Congress in Karnataka has spooked the opposition BJP on several occasions in the last few months. Be it the Kannada flag issue, the Bengaluru declaration on Social Justice, hijacking the anti-Hindi plank and the decision to support a move for a separate religion for Lingayats, the dominant community that has a leaning towards the BJP.The party's confidence in the Karnataka leadership - the only large state of Congress in power, also made it to become a safe haven for legislators from Gujarat, ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections next week. The Congress fears that its legislators may cross vote and cost its main trouble-shooter Ahmed Patel his seat in the Upper House. Patel is the third candidate from Gujarat for the Rajya Sabha elections to be held on August 8. BJP President Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani are the other two candidates, who have comfortable majority due to BJP's two thirds majority in the Assembly.On Wednesday, Income Tax officials raided the ...