HDK: "POWERFUL CONG LEADER" TRIED TO IMPLICATE Dr G IN GOLD SMUGGLING CASE

Union min says it is plot to unseat Sidddu; Kumaraswamy has lost his mind: Shivakumar

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UNION Minister For Steel and Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy on Friday alleged that Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara was targeted by one of his cabinet colleagues in the Ranya Rao gold smuggling case. "A powerful Congress leader is behind the conspiracy and it is a plot to unseat Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and seize the CM's post", he alleged while addressing reporters in New Delhi.

Kumaraswamy said the 'powerful leader' tipped off customs officers helping them to arrest the actress when she arrived at the Bengaluru International Airport with the smuggled gold. The 'powerful leader' wished to implicate Parameshwara in the case as the latter too was emerging as an aspirant for the CM post, according to Kumaraswamy.

The Enforcement Directorate, which is investigating the gold smuggling case, had recently raided the educational institutions belonging to Parameshwara.