Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar on Saturday said that BJP legal team and CM Office are trying everything to make sure Congress candidates nominations' are disqualified.
"BJP legal team and CM Office are trying everything to make sure Congress candidates nominations' are disqualified. I request ECI to collect the call register of CM. In Savadatti also, the same thing happened. CM himself called officials," DK Shivakumar said as quoted by the news agency ANI. DK Shivakumar attacked the Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai and said that CM Office itself is participating in malpractice to tell Returning officials to accept their applicants' applications.
"You know how they acted in my case even after I filed nominations many times. They tried to disqualify my application also. CM Office itself is participating in malpractice to tell Returning officials to accept their applicants' applications, CM himself is involved in it," Shivakumar said as quoted by ANI.
He also said that the entire state election is over 40 percent corruption and other issues are also included. "I never received a 40% commission. Shobha Karandlaje, Madal Virupakshappa, Yatnal, Gulihatti Shekar, KS Eshwarappa and many others made 40% allegations (against me)...Shobha Karandlaje and many others are trying to destroy BS Yediyurappa. The entire state election is over '40% corruption', other issues are also included," DK Shivakumar said as quoted by ANI.
A day after the Karnataka High Court dismissed D K Shivakumar's plea in a disproportionate assets case, the Congress leader on Friday said that he will fight till his last breath. "I will approach the High Courts; I will fight till the last breath. I believe in a court of law. I still believe they have done an injustice. Everything is transparent," said Shivakumar, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President.
"I believe in people's court, they (BJP) are trying to use various agencies...I am very cautious on every move, I am also a political animal," Shivakumar said. Meanwhile, the Election Commission today accepted the nomination of Shivakumar for the Kanakapura assembly constituency. Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janta Party government, Shivakumar alleged that the double engine government could not help people during Covid, drought and other kinds of problems.
"BJP is blackmailing the people of Karnataka. The double engine could not help during Covid, drought and any kind of problems. They are harassing West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and many other opposition government states. We can sustain all these pressures," the Congress leader said. Shivakumar further said that despite having all his papers in order he had been served notices by the Income Tax department.
"All my papers are transparent whatever I have filled to the election commission, Income Tax, ED, Lokayukta and CBI. They are trying to interpret it in a different format. They want to create problems for me and they are harassing me. Notices have been given to me by the Income Tax department. I don't want to talk about law/court matters. I am ready to face whatever they give," he said.
Yesterday, Shivakumar, had filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging the sanction given by the Karnataka State government to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute him. Shivakumar had filed an application stating that the Karnataka government's order for the CBI probe was wrong. Hearing arguments of both sides, the single-judge bench led by Justice Natarajan had dismissed Shivakumar's petition.
In 2019, the BS Yeddyurappa government sanctioned an investigation against DK Shivakumar. At that time, the CBI registered an FIR with the State government's permission. Based on this case, the bench headed by Natarajan dismissed the petition filed by DK Shivakumar.