Bengaluru, May 22 -- Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday called Enforcement Directorate's (ED) raids on the educational institutions linked to state's Home Minister G Parameshwara a "political vendetta."

Speaking to the media about the raids, Priyank Kharge said this is another "intimidation tactic" by central government.

"This is political targeting. There is nothing new in what the IT and ED have been doing...This is just another intimidation tactic by the central government...This is a political vendetta," he said.

Karnataka Minister Ramalinga Reddy accused central government of using the probe agencies like ED and CBI for "political reasons."

"ED, IT, CBI are being used for political reasons to destabilise governments of...