Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has dismissed allegations linking state ministers to Rania Rao and a gold smuggling racket. The BJP had claimed ministers were assisting Rao, who reportedly received special treatment during international travel.
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00:00Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka has rejected reports linking ministers with Rania Rao given that the BJP had
00:08clearly said that they believe there is a link between
00:12Rania Rao and two ministers in the government DKSS. This is not true.
00:23D.K. Shivkumar, the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka has said that BJP's allegations
00:27that the two ministers directly involved with Rania Rao were assisting her, a part of the gold smuggling racket,
00:34is not true, is what D.K. Shivkumar has said. These are false allegations, says D.K. Shivkumar.
00:44Remember, political allegations have been flying thick and fast as far as this entire matter is concerned. The BJP has gone after
00:52the Congress government and
00:54the Congress now says that these allegations that Rania Rao was being assisted and
00:59party to this were two ministers in the Siddharth M.I.A. government is not true, says D.K. Shivkumar.
01:10I'm going to go straight across to Sagar Raj for more details on that story at this point in time.
01:16This is a serious charge made by the BJP saying that not one but two ministers are involved in this, Sagar.
01:46All right, we have some reactions also coming in. Be with us, Sagar. Let's take a listen.
02:16...who repeatedly visited Dubai and other foreign countries, and every time when she had come back to Bangalore,
02:23police security was given. There was no frisking. A powerful chief of Siddharth M.I.A.
02:29must have also got the information. So my demand is, Mr. Chief Minister Siddharth M.I.A.
02:37please disclose the name of the ministers who are involved in this gold smuggling case.
02:47Who is behind this? He can't do it alone. Where did he take it and sell it? That also needs to be investigated.
02:55Who is behind this? That also needs to be investigated. After all the investigations, we will know.
03:00There has been a big report about two ministers. Who are these two ministers?
03:04That also needs to be investigated.