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Congress-JD-S seek Karnataka top IT official's transfer
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SME Times News Bureau | 16 Apr, 2019
Karnataka's ruling Congress-Janata Dal-Secular alliance on Monday urged
the Election Commission to transfer the state's Director General, Income
Tax, B.R. Balakrishnan for "selectively" carrying tax raids on their
leaders and contractors and traders close to them.
"In view of
the partisan tax raids on our political leaders, their relatives,
contractors and traders ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in the state on
April 18, Balakrishnan has to be transferred outside the state," the
allies said in a joint letter to Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar.
Noting
that ensuring free and fair elections on a level playing field for all
parties was the poll panel's responsibility, the allies said the tax
office was selectively raiding their candidates and associates in the
state since March 28.
They said Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy,
Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara, Congress Legislature Party leader
Siddaramaiah and other leaders have protested against the raids at the
tax office on March 28.
On April 13, the tax sleuths raided the
premises of Congress candidates B.N. Chandrappa (Chitradurga), Prakash
Hukkeri (Chikkodi) and Rizwan Arshad (Bangalore Central) though nothing
incriminating was found from them.
"By selectively targeting our
candidates, Balakrishnan is trying to show that only we are flush with
funds and not any candidate of the BJP," said Congress state President
Dinesh Gundu Rao in the letter.
The combine also said, in the
letter, that though facts belie the fallacious assumption of the tax
office, Balakrishnan's comment that the protest by the allies was
similar to the tactics of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee,
as per his March 30 letter to the CEO, was "disturbing".
"Political
or loose comments on ministers and elected leaders makes Balakrishnan's
continuation in the office untenable, as they reflect his hostility and
vindictiveness against our coalition government in the state," they
said in the letter.
The letter also referred to the arrest of a
tax officer for allegedly taking Rs 14 lakh bribe from a builder in the
city recently.
"The tax officer's arrest reveals that the IT
department was blackmailing and harassing individuals, politicians,
businessmen, traders and contractors," the ruling parties alleged.
Accusing
the tax office of overlooking the omissions and commissions of the BJP
leaders and candidates, the allies said Balakrishnan was misusing his
office to target only Congress-JD-S leaders, candidates and their
associates.
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