New Delhi/Bengaluru: Taking the arrest of Karnataka party leader D K Shivakumar hard, the Congress hit out at the government for their “high-handed tactics and vendetta politics”. Moments after news of DKShi’s arrest broke, the party accused the government of trying to distract the public from their failed policies and economic crisis by arresting the former state minister.
“We strongly condemn the high-handed tactics & vendetta politics being deployed against Congress leaders. The arrest of DK Shivakumar is yet another attempt by the govt to distract the public from their failed policies & the sorry state of the economy. #BJPVendettaPolitics,” the party tweeted on Tuesday, September 3.
We strongly condemn the high-handed tactics & vendetta politics being deployed against Congress leaders. The arrest of Shri @DKShivakumar is yet another attempt by the govt to distract the public from their failed policies & the sorry state of the economy.#BJPVendettaPolitics
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 3, 2019
Congress general secretary K C Venugopal also voiced his disapproval of the move tweeting, “The arrest of DK Shivakumar is a clear case of political vendetta by the fascist government at the centre. After Chidambaram, yet another leader facing vengeance for standing up against the horse-trading and petty politics of the BJP.”
ED & CBI has turned to be the puppet agents of the BJP Government at the Centre. A wrong trend has been set by the BJP Government to harrass and hunt down the political opponents with fabricated allegations. I strongly condemn this politics of vengeance. (2/3)
— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) September 3, 2019
Following up on his tweet, he accused the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of being “puppet agents of the BJP Government at the Centre”.
“The BJP government is desperately trying to hide its outright failure in checking the economic slow down and financial crisis with shameless harassment of political opponents,” he wrote in another tweet.
Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy also backed his former colleague tweeting, “After days of interrogation, without allowing even a day’s break for the festival, ED now cites non-cooperation to arrest DK Shivakumar. The ruling govt is using investigation agencies to oppress those opposition leaders who they think are a threat to their interests.”
After days of interrogation, without allowing even a day’s break for the festival, ED now cites non-cooperation to arrest @DKShivakumar. The ruling govt is using investigation agencies to oppress those opposition leaders who they think are a threat to their interests.
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) September 3, 2019
The ED arrested D K Shivakumar in connection with an alleged money laundering case on Tuesday evening.
