Ahead of deposing before the Enforcement Directorate, Congress MLA Laxmi Hebbalkaralleged on Wednesday that the summons smack of "vindictivepolitics".
The Belagavi rural MLA has been asked to appear before the officials on September 19 in connection with the money laundering case against senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar, who has been remanded in judicial custody till October 1.
"Our national president (Sonia Gandhi), our KPCC president (Dinesh Gundu Rao) our Congress Legislative Party leader (Siddaramaiah) and all the party workers have been repeatedly saying that this is political vendetta.
I too feel this is political vendetta. Let's see what happens," Hebbalkar told reporters after meeting her lawyer in Bengaluru.
She said she was asked to appear before the ED on September 14, but sought time as she was busy with the flood relief work in her district.
Hebbalkar said: "They (ED authorities) have not said anything like 'turn witness' in the case (Shivakumar case).
They have called quite a number of people, somewhere around 184... They have also asked me to appear before them. I will come to know only tomorrow for what they summoned me."
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