Mangaluru: Ivan D'Souza accused Yeddyurappa of misuing the name of IT department and the Enforcement Directorate to prove his point. Addressing media persons at his office in Mangaluru City Corporation, Ivan said, "Yeddyurappa is misuing the name of IT department and the Enforcement Directorate to prove his point. He has no relevant document to prove the Rs 1000 crore bribe charge against the CM. Yeddyurappa spoke about an alleged dairy seized at MLC Govindaraju's residence by IT sleuths recently. He also said that Govindaraju paid the amount to part high command in Delhi. He says everything, but has no evidence to prove what he says".
"Yeddyurappa said that it was the money from the steel project which was paid in Delhi. He also said that the information came to him from the IT department. For his kind information, the IT department deals with certain issues in a secret manner. They have to be 100 per cent sure before coming out in the open. They send notice and inquire the accused. The IT department has not said anything about any bribe issue. How could Yeddyurappa access the IT and Enforcement Directorate’s documents? That means, Yeddyurappa is simply misuing the government machinery for his personal benefit," he added.
Commenting on the raids taking place on Congress politicians' properties, Ivan said that the IT department is being used by the central government to target the ruling government in Karnataka.
