Since past two days, the Income Tax department has been raiding various properties linked to Karnataka power minister, D K Shivakumar.
Yesterday, the raid happened at his Bengaluru’s Eagleton Golf Resort where 44 Gujarat Congress MLAs were currently staying. The I-T officials said that Rs 10 crore cash has been recovered during the search.
After the raid, Journalist, Rajdeep Sardesai, passionately labeled this BJP move the “new” India. In return, he received a strong backlash where people questioned his loyalty towards the government.
IT raids on minister housing Gujarat Cong MLAs in Karnataka! Saam, daam, Dand, bhed: yeh hai ‘new’ India Meri Jaan!
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) August 2, 2017
This is how Twitterati attacked him:
₹ 5 Crore already recovered from DK Shivkumar ‘s residence. Now it’s time to find how @sardesairajdeep bought 52 crore bungalow !
— Ⓜ️ ✍️ Ⓜ️ (@mthakur121) August 2, 2017
Har ChOR ki jaati aayegi… u r also in the list.. just a matter of time…
— Kavita Mayor (@kavmayor) August 2, 2017
And you are happy to be advocating for characters who have amassed wealth and yet protected by the party? Don’t accuse when ur house stinks
— Rajiv (@RSur_) August 2, 2017
Congress MLA’S are raided in karnataka and somebody is feeling the pain in lutyens. Enough to prove that you are a congress stooge.
— Kaushik Sharma🇮🇳 (@nareshgan) August 2, 2017