Income Tax raid on Karnataka BJP MLAs - Political or Economic?
AFFLUENT BJP legislators of Karnataka, yesterday had some unwelcome visitors – Income Tax sleuths. Was it a political raid or a routine income tax raid? Yesterday was the starting day of the Anti Corruption Vigilance Week promoted by the Central Vigilance Commission. And the Income Tax Department took off with great aplomb with a raid on BJP MLAs. But why only BJP politicians? At least for a semblance of fairness, the Income Tax Department could have raided a few leaders of other political parties including Congress. Ultimately no politician ever gets punished for putting back a few thousands of Crores as an attendant side activity while being engaged in the great cause of public service. There was a great leader who did not file his Income Tax returns for eleven years and Madame Gandhi(Sr) brushed it away as a case of forgetfulness! Money used to change hands in envelopes in the good old days – now even suit cases cannot contain them and gunny bags are the latest containers. There is no party which is not a party to the bag-loads of black money and they all understand each other – because they all know, in whichever party they are, they are all in the same business – of looting the country – an occasional income tax raid notwithstanding.