India, May 24 -- Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy has stirred a political storm by alleging that Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara is being deliberately implicated in the high-profile gold smuggling case involving Kannada actress Ranya Rao.

According to Kumaraswamy, the move is part of an internal power tussle within the ruling Congress party, aimed at derailing Parameshwara's leadership ambitions, news agency PTI reported.

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In a strongly worded statement on Friday, Kumaraswamy claimed that Parameshwara's recent outreach, including plans for a Dalit convention and meetings with senior Congress leaders in Delhi-may have unsettled sec...