All eyes on I-T raids because of political links
The Hindu
‘Though many contractors have been covered, interest of the exercise seems to be revolving around the role of Umesh’
Income Tax searches on contractors executing public works is nothing new in the State, which has seen big searches in the past. However, what sets the search on Thursday apart is the apparent link it bears to a political family and its ramifications.
Similar searches were conducted during the tenure of former Chief Ministers Siddaramaiah and H.D. Kumaraswamy too, and those searches had exposed the modus operandi of money changing hands between contractor lobby and sections of politicians.
“Though a large number of contractors have been covered, the interest in Thursday’s I-T search seems to be revolving around the role of Umesh, a close aide of the former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. Contractors are a crucial part of the chain to reach him,” a top official in the State administration analysed.