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His comments came shortly after CCD owner V G Siddhartha’s body was found in the Netravati river in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka.
Siddhartha, who disappeared on his way to Mangaluru from Bengaluru in Karnataka, had said in a letter a few days ago he felt harassed when the Income Tax Department attached “our shares on two separate occasions to block our Mindtree deal and then taking position of our Coffee Day shares, although revised returns have been filed by us”.
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Singhvi also alleged that, “Since his re-election, Modi has tried majoritarianism, minoritarianism, Kashmir, Pakistan, Muslim women, Ram and even Man vs Wild to divert the attention of the people. From what exactly? Failing economy, rising unemployment, failing infra, farmers dying, failing law and order,” he said in another tweet.
The #VGSiddhartha tragedy reflects the worst of a broader, deeply worrying trend,” Tharoor tweeted.
A tweet from the Karnataka Congress’ Twitter handle squarely blamed the tragedy on the “harassment” by Income Tax officials.
“#VGSiddhartha case is very unfortunate. Result of harassment by I-T officials & decline of India’s entrepreneurial position turning virulent by the day, with Tax Terror & collapse of economy. Companies which flourished under UPA have been shut down with many people being jobless,” the tweet said.