On October 12, the Income Tax Department conducted searches in premises linked to government contractors and real estate developers in Karnataka.
Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday rebutted the BJP's charge that ₹82 crore recovered in the state recently was linked to the Congress, saying the JP Nadda-led party was the "foundation of corruption". The Congress stalwart claimed the unaccounted cash and assets unearthed in the Income Tax department's raids belonged to BJP leaders.
Entire corruption is by the BJP only. The BJP is the foundation of corruption, that's why the people of Karnataka threw them away. Money that has been found is linked to BJP leaders and it is nowhere connected to the Congress government," he told ANI.
On October 12, the Income Tax Department conducted searches in premises linked to government contractors and real estate developers in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, New Delhi and recovered unaccounted cash worth approximately ₹94 crore and gold and diamond jewellery of over ₹8 crore. 30 luxury wristwatches were also found.
₹42 crore was also recovered from the house of a close relative of a Karnataka contractor, named Ambikapathy. The contractor was one of the state's numerous contractors who had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year, complaining against alleged corruption in the state government.
'BJP's money': DK Shivakumar on 82 crore recovered
