liquor worth rs 70 lakh recovered from congress leader house in karnataka

Karnataka BJP gets fresh ammunition to attack Siddaramaiah-led Congress government after major liquor raid in Udupi. In this raid, whiskey worth more than Rs 50 lakh was recovered from the house of District Congress President and Chief Director of Bola Cooperative Society, Avinash Malli Shetty. The raid was conducted by the Excise District Commissioner Range, Udupi, in which a huge cache of whiskey was seized, Shetty is now reportedly absconding. BJP Karnataka shared the news on Twitter, alleging that the findings of the raid could be linked to a larger “liquor scam” in the state.

A tweet from BJP’s official handle on Twitter said that whiskey worth Rs 70 lakh was found at the house of a Congress leader in Udupi! If it is just one Congress leader, how much are the others hiding? The excise scam is worth more than Rs 700 crore. Child intelligence Rahul Gandhi ji, how much more money does Karnataka need for Maharashtra elections? Please reply. BJP used the #Scamgress hashtag demanding accountability from Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi.

The incident has rekindled BJP’s allegations of corruption in the Karnataka Congress-led administration, especially in the state excise department. This follows previous allegations by the Karnataka Wine Merchants Association, which had accused the department, including minister RB Thimmapur, of taking bribes for bar licenses and excise duty transfers. The association alleged that around 1,000 illegal licenses were given last year, with bribes of up to Rs 70 lakh allegedly taken per license, potentially taking the total figure of corruption to around Rs 700 crore.