The Income Tax department on Thursday morning started raiding house of Karnataka Power Minister D.K. Shivakumar's father-in-law.
The I-T department on Wednesday had raided Shivakumar's residence and at a private resort in Bengaluru where 44 Congress lawmakers from Gujarat are staying.
The Congress on Wednesday created ruckus in both the houses of Parliament over the IT raids and alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government was indulging in political witch-hunt just to defeat Congress candidate Ahmed Patel in Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat.
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned thrice before being adjourned for the day, due to the ruckus.
Raising the matter in Rajya Sabha, Congress leader Anand Sharma had said it is now becoming a trend to blatantly misuse powers of the state.
Another Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "Conduct raids on residences of those people from your party (BJP) who are offering Rs 15 crore." The party alleged that the BJP was offering its Gujarat MLAs Rs 15 crore each to resign from the Congress.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dubbed I-T raids at Shivakumar's residence as 'undemocratic'.
