I-T Raids fallout: BJP tried persuading Kumaraswamy to form govt by offering money,alleges DeveGowda
Bengaluru, Mar 28: In the wake of Statewide I-T raids on JDS partymen, former Prime Minister and JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda Thursday alleged that the BJP had tried to persuade his son H D Kumaraswamy to form a government in Karnataka with their help before the assembly elections.
"The BJP had requested Kumaraswamy to come to Mumbai before the election and promised to give big money for JDS electoral expenses. I was aware of this.
Knowing fully well about my stand, Kumaraswamy took a hard decision. He rejected the offer by saying he would not go against the wishes of his father to join hands with the BJP," Gowda told here.
The JDS supremo's statement comes in the wake of a statewide pre-dawn IT crackdown on his partymen and others.
The Congress and JDS leaders have alleged that the raids were politically motivated.
The former prime minister alleged that the BJP was taking revenge against JDS leaders because they failed to form a government with the help of Kumaraswamy.
"The IT officials have been targeting D K Shivakumar.
Now, they have targeted two parliamentary constituencies.
PWD office is being searched. They have stooped to such a low level," he said.
Gowda also alleged that BJP president Amit Shah wanted to meet him two years back, but refused.
"He (Amit Shah) had sought an appointment to meet me at my residence two years back. I said nothing doing," he said.
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Russian general killed by bomb under his car in Moscow
Moscow (AP): A Russian general was killed on Monday morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said.
Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff, died from his injuries, Svetlana Petrenko, official spokesperson for Russia's Investigative Committee, said.
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“Investigators are pursuing numerous lines of enquiry regarding the murder. One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services,” Petrenko said.
Russian news outlets reported that a car exploded in a parking lot on Moscow's Yaseneva Street with the driver inside at approximately 7 am.
Ukraine's security service claimed responsibility for a similar attack against a high-ranking Russian soldier in December 2024.
Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military's nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter outside his apartment building a day after Kyiv levelled criminal charges against him. His assistant, Ilya Polikarpov, was also killed.
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