Income tax officials conduct a search on the premises of Karnataka power minister D.K. Shivakumar, who faced the heat of the Income-Tax department raids, on Saturday apologised to chief minister Siddaramaiah for the remarks made by his mother that the CM had “betrayed” her son. Speaking to a Kannada TV news channel, Shivakumar’s mother Gowramma had accused Siddaramaiah of “betraying” her son. “I convey my gratitude to the chief minister, party leaders, workers and well-wishers for the concern expressed towards me and my family at the time of crisis,” he added. On Gowramma’s remarks, Siddaramaiah had on Friday said he did not want to react on it.

Source: Mint August 05, 2017 15:45 UTC