Why no IT raids at Koovathur when AIADMK MLAs were lodged, asks Stalin

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Reacting to the raids at properties belonging to Congress leader D K Shivakumar and a resort in Bengaluru, DMK's working President M K Stalin asked why such action was not taken at Kuvathoor resort. Stalin lashed out at the Income tax department for not reacting to AIADMK MLAs being lodged at a resort in Kuvathoor in February this year by Sasikala's aides.

"The Income Tax department that raided a resort in Bengaluru was a spectator during the Kuvathoor incident. Why? When more than 100 AIADMK MLAs were being held in Koovathur and bribed why was no action initiated?" asked M K Stalin on Wednesday. His questions came even as the Income Tax department clarified that the raids at a resort in the outskirts of Bengaluru had nothing to do with the Congress MLAs from Gujarat.

IT raid at Bengaluru resort hosting Gujarat MLAs

DMK, the Congress' ally in Tamil Nadu lashed out at the BJP-led central government for using central agencies against political opponents. "Stalin accused the NDA government of double standards on issues of tackling corruption. "It comes as a shock that the IT department and the Enforcement Directorate have become subservient to the Centre. Raids on a specific section or party cannot be accepted," he Stalin.

M K Stalin's questions were based on reports, including a sting operation, where AIADMK MLAs admitted to having been offered bribes to support Sasikala faction of the AIADMK. A host of AIADMK MLAs had been taken to a resort in Kuvathoor in the outskirts of Chennai city in February after the party split between Sasikala and Panneerselvam.

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