Both Houses of Parliament saw a logjam for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, with the opposition calling I-T raids on one of its Karnataka ministers a political ploy by the BJP, a charge Union minister Arun Jaitley then hotly denied.
"This can't be a coincidence," said Congress leader Anand Sharma in the Rajya Sabha, referring to Wednesday morning's raids on the properties of Karnataka power minister DK Shivakumar, who's been put in charge of shielding 44 Gujarat Congress legislators from the BJP's "poaching" attempts ahead of Rajya Sabha polls in that state. 
The BJP's Jaitley, who spoke on the issue in both Houses of Parliament, denied any political opportunism. "The use or abuse (of power) will depend on the nature of what the I-T department recovers," Jaitley said.

Both Houses of Parliament saw a logjam for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, with the opposition calling I-T raids on one of its Karnataka ministers a political ploy by the BJP, a charge Union minister Arun Jaitley then hotly denied.
"This can't be a coincidence," said Congress leader Anand Sharma in the Rajya Sabha, referring to Wednesday morning's raids on the properties of Karnataka power minister DK Shivakumar, who's been put in charge of shielding 44 Gujarat Congress legislators from the BJP's "poaching" attempts ahead of Rajya Sabha polls in that state. 
The BJP's Jaitley, who spoke on the issue in both Houses of Parliament, denied any political opportunism. "The use or abuse (of power) will depend on the nature of what the I-T department recovers," Jaitley said.