DK Shivakumar said this after Karnataka HC withdrew the stay on CBI investigation

Bengaluru (ANI): After the Karnataka High Court rejected a plea to quash the CBI case in the disproportionate assets case, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday termed it as “political vendetta” and said he was against the BJP’s political vendetta. Are victims of. , DK Shivakumar further said that he has faith in the judiciary and he will legally fight the Karnataka High Court’s decision to withdraw the stay on the CBI investigation. “I will cooperate with the process, I respect the law of this country. I know I haven’t done anything wrong. My papers are clean, I am clean. This is a political vendetta that the BJP tried to use and the government allowed,” Shivakumar said. He further alleged that he is a victim of BJP’s political malice. The current CBI investigation against him is a sequel to the ED hunt by the BJP. In a blow to the Karnataka Deputy CM, the Karnataka High Court has rejected his plea seeking quashing of the CBI disproportionate assets case against him. Justice K Natarajan pronounced the order and lifted the interim stay on the CBI investigation and ordered the central agency to complete the investigation within three months and submit the final report. The CBI has filed an appeal against the Karnataka High Court’s June 12 order seeking a stay on the investigation in the disproportionate assets case. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for CBI, urged the bench to lift the stay. The CBI is investigating a case against Shivakumar for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Before this, Income Tax has already conducted a search against him. (ANI)