Cong. seeks BSY’s sacking over ‘revelations’
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This follows allegations by a former KSPCB chief that he had paid bribe of ₹9.5 crore to BSY’s relative
The Congress on Sunday demanded the removing of Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa after a former chairman of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), M. Sudheendra Rao, claimed that he had paid a bribe of ₹9.5 crore of the ₹16 crore demanded by a relative of Mr. Yediyurappa.
The social gathering additionally demanded a judicial probe by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka and urged Central businesses, together with the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), and the Income Tax (IT) Department, to hold out “an exhaustive investigation and uncover the truth”.
Addressing a press convention at AICC headquarters, collectively with spokesperson Gourav Vallabh, senior Karnataka Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao stated that Dr. Rao, on a neighborhood TV channel, additionally gave particulars of how Mr. Yediyurappa’s members of the family, together with son B.Y. Vijayendra, grandson Shashidhar Maradi, and a detailed cousin Sanjayshree, put strain on him to provide environmental clearances to corporations that violated norms.
“They are using their position to loot the State and this money is being re-channelised to fund their political ambitions, to fund the BJP, and also probably to fund the national leadership. Otherwise, why would the national leadership of the BJP keep quiet despite these blatant acts of corruption,”requested Mr. Dinesh Gundu Rao.
Though the previous KSPCB chairman was appointed in December 2019, a put up with a three-year tenure, he was compelled to resign by May, 2020, the Congress leaders alleged.
The Congress leaders additionally performed video excerpts of the claims by Dr. Rao to the channel, during which he claimed to have bought off his properties in addition to gold and silver jewelry, belonging to his spouse and daughters, to boost the quantity for the alleged bribe.
“As per Dr. Rao, when things come to a flashpoint, the Chief Minister’s family begins the operation for his removal by putting psychological pressure and even issuing oral threats. When he refuses to oblige, they manage to obtain his signature on a green sheet of paper ostensibly for submitting an affidavit before the court in an official matter. Later when he is on a pilgrimage trip to Mantralayam in Andhra Pradesh along with his family, some ‘miscreants’ type out the resignation letter on the signed green sheet of paper obtained from Dr. Rao and submit it to Mr. Yediyurappa’s office who in turn accepts the ‘resignation’ with immediate effect,” the Congress leaders alleged in a press release.
Asking the CBI, the ED and the IT Department to behave, Mr. Dinesh Gundu Rao stated, “They should not be just lap dogs of the BJP, they should act independently. These things have been noticed by the BJP’s national leadership but they are not acting upon it. They are not doing anything, the biggest question is why?”
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