Cong men don’t have generosity now: Minister Puttaraju
‘It’s in our blood that Kumaraswamy is our CM’
Bengaluru, Jan 28: “If the attitude of the Congress men continued in the same way, the impact would be seen in future”, said Minister CS Puttaraju.
Speaking to reporters at the Vidhana Soudha here on Monday, Puttaraju said that “We have not gone to the doors of any leader for power. You have extended unconditional support to Kumaraswamy to become the chief minister due to which, he has been working as the CM.
Earlier, the Congress leaders have spoken big words. Now, they do not have that generosity. Instead, they have been ‘dictating’ the Chief Minister which is not acceptable. Our chief minister is Kumaraswamy”, he retaliated.
The coalition government has continued the programmes of Siddaramaiah government. The people have been observing the pain of Kumaraswamy who said that he was ready to tender his resignation. Objection was not good for the future of the coalition government. It is in our blood that Kumaraswamy is our CM. JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda is our leader. The 20-month alliance with the BJP was good”, he said.
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ED searches: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah accuses Centre of targeting Cong leaders
Chamarajanagara (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the central government and its agencies of consistently targeting Congress members by using searches on their properties, and questioned why similar action is not taken against BJP leaders.
He was reacting to searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday on several individuals, among them the sons of Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris and the grandson of former Union Cabinet minister K Rahman Khan, in connection with a cryptocurrency-linked money laundering case.
"The central government always targets Congress leaders. Will they raid the houses of BJP leaders?" Siddaramaiah said in response to a question. More than a dozen premises in the city were searched as part of the operation carried out by the ED under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The premises searched comprised those of Mohammed Haris Nalapad and Omar Farook Nalapad, the sons of the MLA; Aqeeb Khan, the grandson of veteran Congress leader K Rahman Khan; and an alleged crypto hacker, Srikrishna Ramesh, alias Sriki, officials said.
The money laundering case stems from Karnataka Police FIRs and charge sheets filed in a 2017 case involving the hacking of national and international websites, theft of bitcoins, and the sale of these stolen virtual digital assets (VDAs) through crypto platforms by the alleged hacker Sriki and his associates.
Mohammed Haris Nalapad, Omar Farook Nalapad, and Aqeeb Khan are alleged to be beneficiaries of the proceeds of crime generated through this crypto-linked activity, officials added.
