BENGALURU: The Congress has sought switch of BR Balakrishna, principal chief commissioner of revenue tax (Karnataka circle), for allegedly carrying out selective raids on employees and leaders related to the Congress and the JD(S).
In a petition filed prior to the Election Commission on Friday, KPCC election control committee chairman
Prakash Rathod alleged Balakrishna was once misusing his place of work by way of focused on leaders of Congress and JD(S), who are in an alliance to struggle the BJP within the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
The leader mentioned the officer’s switch was once urgent to verify loose and honest polls within the state. Through selective raids, “the tax officer is trying to provide a picture that simplest these events are flush with price range and the BJP is not. The facts at the floor belie the department’s flawed assumption,” he added.
‘Despite our protests, I-T raids in state continuing’
In the previous month, the income-tax division has raided a number of leaders of Congress and the JD(S), together with members of the family of Mandya district minister CS Puttaraju, place of abode of Mandya Congress chief MS Atmananda and Hassan contractors mentioned to be with reference to the circle of relatives of JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda.
The raids within the runup to the elections caused chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and senior Congress leaders to degree a protest in entrance of the I-T place of work, accusing Balakrishna of appearing on the behest of the Centre.
“Despite our protests, the I-T raids within the state are continuing. Last week, raids had been carried out on residences of Congress leader SS Mallikarjun and Rizwan Arshad, Congress candidate for Bengaluru Central,” he alleged.
Pointing to the arrest of an I-T officer allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 14 lakh, Rathod mentioned the incident has highlighted Balakrishna’s failure in discharging duties.
In a petition filed prior to the Election Commission on Friday, KPCC election control committee chairman
Prakash Rathod alleged Balakrishna was once misusing his place of work by way of focused on leaders of Congress and JD(S), who are in an alliance to struggle the BJP within the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
The leader mentioned the officer’s switch was once urgent to verify loose and honest polls within the state. Through selective raids, “the tax officer is trying to provide a picture that simplest these events are flush with price range and the BJP is not. The facts at the floor belie the department’s flawed assumption,” he added.
‘Despite our protests, I-T raids in state continuing’
In the previous month, the income-tax division has raided a number of leaders of Congress and the JD(S), together with members of the family of Mandya district minister CS Puttaraju, place of abode of Mandya Congress chief MS Atmananda and Hassan contractors mentioned to be with reference to the circle of relatives of JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda.
The raids within the runup to the elections caused chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and senior Congress leaders to degree a protest in entrance of the I-T place of work, accusing Balakrishna of appearing on the behest of the Centre.
“Despite our protests, the I-T raids within the state are continuing. Last week, raids had been carried out on residences of Congress leader SS Mallikarjun and Rizwan Arshad, Congress candidate for Bengaluru Central,” he alleged.
Pointing to the arrest of an I-T officer allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 14 lakh, Rathod mentioned the incident has highlighted Balakrishna’s failure in discharging duties.
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