India, Feb. 21 -- Union minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy has alleged that the recent survey of his land near Bidadi's Kethaganahalli was politically motivated, accusing the Congress government of using it as a tool to target him.

"Earlier, SITs were formed under IPS officers; now, they are forming SITs under IAS officers as well," Kumaraswamy told reporters at his residence in Bengaluru on Wednesday while taking a jibe at the state government's investigative approach.

The revenue department conducted a survey of Kumaraswamy's farmland in Kethaganahalli on Monday, following directions from the Karnataka high court. The survey was initiated after social activists alleged that Kumaraswamy had encroached upon 14 acres of government ...