Karnataka bandh: Buses torched as Congress protests against Shivakumar's arrest
Bengaluru: Several buses were torched in Karnataka as the state on Wednesday is witnessing a bandh called by the Congress to protest against the arrest of party's trouble-shooter DK Shivakumar by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money-laundering case, media reports said.
The Congress supporters blocked the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway. Four KRSTC buses were also stoned.
Schools have been kept shut as a precautionary measure.
Terming arrest of party leader Shivakumar by the ED in connection with a money laundering case as 'a clear case of political vendetta' by the BJP government at the Centre, the Congress on Tuesday said it was yet another attempt by the government to distract the public from their failed policies and the sorry state of the economy.
''The arrest of D K Shivakumar is a clear case of political vendetta by the fascist BJP government at the Centre. After Mr Chidambaram, yet another leader facing vengeance for standing up against the horse trading and petty politics of the BJP. By these actions ED and the CBI has proved to be the puppet agents of the Government at the Centre. A wrong trend has been set by the Modi Government to harass and hunt down the political opponents with fabricated allegations,'' AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal said in a statement.
Earlier, senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the INX Media case. He is still in the CBI's custody.
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