Archive · 12 Sep 2026
Priyank Kharge Challenges ED Raids, Cites Two Convictions
Priyank Kharge criticized government investigative agencies for searching the homes of another Karnataka minister and his family.
He said the searches were meant to hurt opposition politicians.
Kharge claimed there had been 196 raids or agency press notes but only two convictions.
He also said most raids targeted opposition leaders.
The Enforcement Directorate said it was investigating a separate alleged money-laundering case.
The agency searched 18 places connected to Satish Jarkiholi and his family.
The searches included homes linked to Satish Jarkiholi, Priyanka Jarkiholi and Y Manjunath.
Kharge asked the agency to publish its evidence.
He said the Karnataka Assembly could discuss the facts publicly.
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge called recent Enforcement Directorate raids politically motivated.
Kharge alleged the CBI, Income Tax Department and ED target opposition leaders.
He cited 196 raids or press notes and two convictions, making further claims about opposition targets.
The ED searched 18 locations linked to Karnataka Minister Satish Jarkiholi and his family.
The agency said the searches concerned a separate alleged money-laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
- Who
- Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge criticized the Enforcement Directorate, which searched locations linked to PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi and his family.
- What
- Kharge alleged that central investigative agencies were being politically used, while the ED conducted searches in an alleged money-laundering case.
- When
- Kharge spoke on Saturday; the ED conducted the searches on Wednesday.
- Where
- Kharge spoke in Bengaluru, and the searches covered 18 locations linked to the case.
- Why
- Kharge said the raids were politically motivated; the ED said they followed inputs concerning a separate alleged money-laundering case.
Kharge’s Allegations
ED’s Stated Case
Purpose of the searches
Kharge’s Allegations
Kharge described the raids linked to Satish Jarkiholi and his family as politically motivated efforts targeting opposition leaders.
ED’s Stated Case
The ED conducted searches as part of an alleged money-laundering investigation and did not characterize the operation as political targeting in the article.
Evidence and press notes
Kharge’s Allegations
Kharge said press notes do not establish guilt and demanded that the agency publish its facts and evidence.
ED’s Stated Case
The ED’s operation was based on certain inputs and conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, but the article does not report the agency publishing detailed evidence.
Record of agency action
Kharge’s Allegations
Kharge claimed 196 raids or press notes had resulted in only two convictions and said 98% of raids targeted opposition leaders.
ED’s Stated Case
The article reports the searches and the ED’s stated case but provides no independent confirmation or response to Kharge’s figures.
- Person making allegations
- Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge
- Agencies named
- Central Bureau of Investigation, Income Tax Department and Enforcement Directorate
- Raids or press notes cited by Kharge
- 196
- Convictions cited by Kharge
- 2
- Search locations
- 18
- People linked to searches
- Satish Jarkiholi, Priyanka Jarkiholi and Y Manjunath
- Legal framework
- Prevention of Money Laundering Act