Bengaluru, May 22, 2025 (ANI): Amid Enforcement Directorate’s raids on the educational institutions linked to him, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on May 22 said that he is "prepared to cooperate" with whatever the outcome. “Yesterday, ED officers visited our institutions—Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Siddhartha Medical College at Tumkur, Siddhartha Medical College at Begur and Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education. I instructed my staff to cooperate with them and give whatever information they asked for...They questioned our accounts section...Being a person who believes in the law of the country, whatever comes out of the verification or search, I am prepared to cooperate,” said G Parameshwara.
00:00Yesterday, enforcement directorate officers have visited our institutions, three institutions they have visited and also university, one Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Siddhartha Medical College at Tumpur, Siddhartha Medical College at Begur
00:28and the Siddhartha Academy of Fire Education University, they have visited these institutions and they have been, I was told from my officers, so my staff, they have been asking accounts of four years, five years like that.
00:50So I instructed my staff to cooperate and give whatever they are asking, whatever information they are asking as far as the institutions are concerned, I have asked them to provide those informations.
01:06And they have collected, I was told that they have collected some informations and they have, obviously they have questioned our account section and of course it is still going on and that's about it.
01:20And being a person who believes in the law of the country, law of the land, I believe in that and whatever comes out of their verifications or such, whatever you call it, I am prepared to cooperate.
01:41I have instructed our staff because it's an institution, it is not individual. So I have instructed them to cooperate and provide all the information.
01:50Last night they have sent a press release that 40 lakh rupees from your institution account was paid to Rania Rao's credit card bills. They are linking this case to Rania Rao's investigation.
01:58Now I don't know, I do not want to comment at this point of time. Let the investigation complete and they will also have to give us a report. After that I will react. I don't want to react necessarily.
02:16Many of your senior leaders are saying that you are being targeted because you are a Dalit face of Karnataka Congress and also the next in charge for being the chief minister in trace and you are being targeted.
02:25I don't want to, at this point of time, I don't want to comment. There will be a time I will come out if it is necessary. I will not comment on that at this point of time.
02:37Sir, you have called ED's raids in the past or ED's action in the past with regards to the Muda cases politically motivated. Do you feel this too?
02:44I don't know. As I said, I do not want to comment at this point of time. Let the investigation complete. And after that there is a time to comment and analyze and say something about it.
