Congress synonymous with corruption: BJP

A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered a case of money laundering against Karnataka minister D K Shivakumar, the Bharatiya Janata Party yesterday hit out at the Congress, saying the opposition party and corruption have become synonymous.
“Unaccounted cash, hawala transactions and corrupt deals, these are the pillars on which the Congress sits. We now know, why Congress Party was crying during demonetisation,” BJP spokesman Sambit Patra told a press conference here.
Presenting confessional statements of three men accused in the case registered against Shivakumar pertaining to the recovery of Rs40mn from flats owned by the minister in Delhi, the BJP leader said it shows the Congress’s involvement and ‘proof of hawala network’ that helped transfer money from Karnataka to the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
Besides Shivakumar, Sachin Narayan, Anjaneya Hanumanthaiah, an employee of Karnataka Bhawan in New Delhi, and N Rajendra have been named in the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
“The confessional statement of the officials shows how the Congress was linked in hawala transaction. Hanumanthaiah was not only the liaison officer of Karnataka, but he was as per protocol appointed as secretary of Shivakumar,” Patra said.
“The Congress has been completely exposed today,” he said seeking to know from part president Rahul Gandhi why his party was crying during demonetisation.