Complainant in ED case has relations with Congress, but is a BJP voter: Jarkiholi
Karnataka PWD Minister Sathish Jarkiholi addressed recent ED raids against him, noting that the complainant has ties to both Congress and the BJP. The BJP has used the statement to suggest internal conflict within the Congress party.
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Illustrates the intersection of investigative agency actions and political maneuvering within state-level party dynamics.
Karnataka Public Works (PWD) Minister Sathish Jarkiholi, who was raided by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) recently, on Saturday, said he knew who complained against him and had asked the Chief Minister to look into it.
Curiously, addressing the press, he said the “complainant had relations with the Congress, but was a BJP voter.”
“So, it is like 50:50. It is difficult to tell anything,” he said, responding to a question on whether the ED raids were a result of internal squabbling within the Congress or done at the behest of the BJP.
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