Bengaluru, March 20 -- Dismissing allegations of vendetta politics, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said the government officials had followed the orders of a court in the encroachment case against Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy.

Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha, he said, "Vendetta politics is in the DNA of Kumaraswamy. The officials have only followed the court orders. The case was filed by S R Hiremath. How is this vendetta politics? We have not lodged any complaint, it was filed by Hiremath. He has filed many cases against me too. Government officials are doing their job after court orders. There is no vendetta in this."

"Kumaraswamy has spoken a lot about me in Mysuru. His father has spoken a lot of t...