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BENGALURU: As\u00a0<\/span><\/span>part\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tax\u00a0<\/span>evasion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>investigations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Karnataka<\/a>-based\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contractors<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>others\u00a0<\/span><\/span>connected\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Income\u00a0<\/span>Tax\u00a0<\/span>Department\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>discovered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>42\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crore\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cash\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hidden\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>residential\u00a0<\/span>building\u00a0<\/span><\/span>here,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official\u00a0<\/span>sources.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Prior\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assembly\u00a0<\/span>elections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five\u00a0<\/span>states,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>searches\u00a0<\/span><\/span>set\u00a0<\/span><\/span>off\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>political\u00a0<\/span><\/span>brawl\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Congress<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>power\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Karnataka<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official\u00a0<\/span>sources,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>department\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>sent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cash\u00a0<\/span><\/span>counting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>devices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>personnel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>determine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>total\u00a0<\/span>quantity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cash\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recovered.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>searches\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>progress.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>substantial\u00a0<\/span>portion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cash\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>vacant\u00a0<\/span>apartment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>block\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Karnataka’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>capital\u00a0<\/span><\/span>where\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>kept\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hidden\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cardboard\u00a0<\/span>boxes.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>More\u00a0<\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>42\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crore\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cash\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>found\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>far,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>searches\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span>conducted.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>department\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>looking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whether\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>money,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seemed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>undeclared,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>intended\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>transferred\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nearby\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Telangana,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>where\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assembly\u00a0<\/span>elections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conducted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>next\u00a0<\/span>month.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>recovery\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>focus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>criticism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>former\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deputy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>C\u00a0<\/span><\/span>N\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ashwath\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Narayan,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>funds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>obtained\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contractors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>commission\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>finance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five\u00a0<\/span>states.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“This\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provides\u00a0<\/span><\/span>proof\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>support\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘ATM\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>charges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Congress\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government).\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>little\u00a0<\/span><\/span>consignment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘ATM\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>collection\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>discovered.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>many\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>items.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>cash\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>collected.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>contractors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>speak\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>money\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reportedly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paid,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adding,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“This\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>just\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sampling.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Speaking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reporters,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MLC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>N\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ravi\u00a0<\/span>Kumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asserted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>money\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contractor’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>premises\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>value\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>42\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crore\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>kept\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>23\u00a0<\/span><\/span>boxes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>notes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>value\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span>500.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>talk\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>city\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>funds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>raised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Telangana\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>funds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>obtained\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“commission”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>pay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>off\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contractors’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>outstanding\u00a0<\/span>debts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>totaling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>650\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crore.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ravi\u00a0<\/span>Kumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wanted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>investigation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Similar\u00a0<\/span>accusations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>charge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Congress\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>senior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leaders.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Siddaramaiah,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Karnataka,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rejected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“baseless”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accusations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“no\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(unit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Congress)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>ask\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>money).<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>won’t\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>give\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it…<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Do\u00a0<\/span><\/span>you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>copy?<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>money\u00a0<\/span><\/span>handed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>states\u00a0<\/span><\/span>been\u00a0<\/span>viewed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>members\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>making\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accusations?<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>What\u00a0<\/span><\/span>justifies\u00a0<\/span>making\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unfounded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claims?<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>When\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I-T\u00a0<\/span><\/span>searches,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Deputy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>D\u00a0<\/span><\/span>K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shivakumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>responded,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>politics,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I-T\u00a0<\/span><\/span>won’t\u00a0<\/span><\/span>come.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Politics\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>what\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>taking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>place.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aware\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>what\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>going\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Telangana,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chhattisgarh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>states.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Nothing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>occur\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>power;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>things\u00a0<\/span><\/span>occur.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>D\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kempanna,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>president\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Karnataka\u00a0<\/span>State\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Contractors’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Association,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>questioned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regarding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rumours\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>thousands\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rupees\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cash\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>found\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>organization’s\u00a0<\/span>office\u00a0<\/span><\/span>holders’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>homes.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>contractor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>various\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>enterprises,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>farming\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crushing,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>involved\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>contract\u00a0<\/span><\/span>work\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eight\u00a0<\/span>years.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emphasised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>law\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>run\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>course.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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