Vendetta  

When the SPG cover was withdrawn, the Congress termed it political vendetta. But were the services utilised properly by the Gandhis, according to norms? However the fact of the matter is that the SPG cover has been withdrawn and not security.

 

Here are some quick reactions of political leaders on DK Shivakumar's arrest. As Congress calls the arrest vendetta politics,  Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa says the arrest of DK Shivakumar did not bring happiness to him.
 

When P Chidambaram was the Union home minister in 2010, incumbent Union home minister Amit Shah was arrested in relation to a fake encounter case. Now, almost a decade later, there is role reversal with Chidambaram staring at an imminent arrest

 

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in the IL&FS scam. The party has termed it as political vendetta

Phone tapping for personal vendetta can be an offence under the IT Act 2000 and the convict can be jailed for a period of up to three years. 
 

Chief Executive Officer of Asianet News, Abhinav Khare found himself in soup after an employee, Sonam Mahajan accused him of sexual harassment. Through the course of investigations, police say that the complainant's claims lack 'substance'.

Pratap Simha, the BJP MP from Mysuru lashed out at Karnataka home minister MB Patil for allegedly using police force to drive home vendetta politics. The criticism comes in the wake of senior journalist SA Hemanth Kumar being arrested over fake letter row related to the separate religion for Lingayats.

Days after the founder of Postcard News Mahesh Vikram Hegde was arrested in the fake letter row relating to Karnataka home minister MB Patil, another journalist SA Hemanth Kumar has been held for questioning in the same issue. However, the BJP claims that the chief minister and the home minister are resorting to vindictiveness and vendetta, and are using the police machinery to suit their whims and fancies.

I-T sleuths raided a private hotel in Srirangapattana which is often visited by Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy. Reacting to the raids, the CM said it is nothing but vendetta politics.

Trying to deflect the Jamaat-e-Islami’s connection with terror outfits active in Kashmir, the Aligarh Muslim University students’ body attributed the Modi government’s action to political vendetta and the approaching general election

Mukul Roy was a former TMC member of parliament and joined the BJP last year after a fall out with Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. He has been booked for TMC MLA Satyajit Biswas's murder. 

Granting the relief to Alok Nath on a surety bond of Rs 5 lakh, Additional Sessions Court Judge S S Oza said the rape complaint filed by the screenwriter is a "personal vendetta".

Akbar threatened to take legal action against the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. He said, 'Lies do not have legs, but they do contain poison, which can be whipped into a frenzy'

8-year-old case against Babli project re-surfaces, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu faces arrest warrant issued by Maharashtra court.