It's a conspiracy, says Shivakumar after ED summons him to Delhi

Senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar on Friday said the ED has issued fresh summons asking him to appear before it in a money laundering case and termed the action a 'conspiracy' to defame him and his party.

The former Karnataka minister said the Enforcement Directorate has asked him to appear before it in Delhi on Friday by 1 pm and he was considering all legal options. Shivakumar told reporters that he will face it "legally, politically and socially".

On whether he was feeling targeted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, he said "whoever has done... I wish them best... I have done my duty for the party. I'm proud to do my job. Whatever is in my fate will happen."
The former Karnataka minister also questioned the I-T departments and ED's "silence" regarding "Operation Lotus", despite MLAs openly stating in the assembly that they were offered money by BJP leaders. "Is the justice different for me and them?"
Asked if he feared arrest, he said, "Why will they arrest me? what wrong have I done? They have summed me I will go... let them do whatever they want, who can stop them?"