”I'm not the kind of person that violates the law and the Constitution...the truth will come out,” Shivakumar told reporters after emerging from his residence at a posh locality here. Finance minister Arun Jaitley had denied that the raids had anything to do with the Rajya Sabha elections. “Don't link it with (the) Gujarat) MLAs, link it with economic offence,” Jaitley had told Parliament. For the state unit of the Congress, Shivakumar is a troubleshooter with access to top leaders in Delhi. On Wednesday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had alleged that the income-tax action was an attempt to silence the voice against the BJP.

Source: The Telegraph August 05, 2017 09:11 UTC