Scare tactics' will not deter Congress: Siddaramaiah

Mysuru: Making no bones about his anger  at the income tax raids on a resort and a hotel in Badami from where he is contesting these elections, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday squarely held Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president, Amit Shah responsible for them.

Accusing both Mr Modi and Mr Shah of misusing the I-T department, he claimed the BJP was trying to scare the Congress as it feared losing the coming Assembly poll. “But these tactics will not help them. Instead they will boomerang on them as people will rebel against such methods,” he warned.

“Mr Narendra Modi, Mr Yeddyurappa and Mr Amit Shah know that the Congress will win,” he added.