Bangalore: Now Yeddy demands judicial probe Into mining scam since 1999
From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Bangalore, Jun 7: It is now the turn of former chief minister and KJP State President B S Yeddyurappa, who is facing court cases from CBI and Lokayukta and even underwent jail term, to demand a judicial inquiry commission into all the mining licences issued from 1999 till date.
''The judicial inquiry commission has to be instituted to so that the people know the truth,” he said participating in the debate in the Legislative Assembly on the motion of thanks to Karnatka Governor H R Bhardwaj for his address to the State Legislature.
“I was made to spend 24 days in jail for checking illegal mining. There is no instance of sending anybody to jail without proven guilty,” Yeddyurappa claimed.
The KJP leader said he took a bold step to ban illegal mining and imposed restriction on export of iron ore only to lose the chief ministership.
''But the price I had to pay is that I was made an accused,” he said and contended that it was not by Congress or Janata Dal (Secular) leaders but by his own partymen.
The former chief minister said: ''Under my tenure, barely three mining licences were issued. Whereas it was 16 licenses during the tenure of S M Krishna, 20 by N Dharm Singh and 22 by H D Kumaraswamy.”
''Our BJP leaders went by the Lokayukta report on illegal mining by the then Lokayuktha Justice Santosh Hegde and forced me to resign. Let the government place the Justice Santosh Hegde report in the Assembly for a full debate so that truth will come out,” he demanded.
Training his guns on his former BJP colleagues, Yeddyurappa said those BJP leaders who were with him while in power, betrayed him later.
Every BJP leader held him responsible for illegal mining, denotification, allotment of G category sites and allotment of industrial land by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board, the former chief minister said.
In fact, Yeddyurappa said all the previous chief ministers have allotted sites under 'G' category and denotified land while he allotted sites to all siteless legislators and MPs irrespective of their political parties.
''In the process, even those who owned own houses and sites also got sites,” he said
The BJP leaders raised hue and cry when a site was allotted to his son and Shimoga MP B Y Raghavendra, which was ultimately surrendered to BDA, he said and challenged the BJP leaders and all his critics to come clean on the sites secured by them in and around Bangalore.
Stating that he was forced to narrate his sad plight (Karma Kathe) before the House, Yeddyurappa ruled out going back to BJP and said his immediate task was to strengthen KJP.
With changes expected at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls, he was thinking of becoming part of the third front distinct from Congress and BJP, he said.
The KJP leader did not spare even the media and said both the print and visual media carried out a systematic attack on him to tarnish his image.
''The State Governor, His Excellency Hans Raj Bhardwaj, BJP leaders and Justice Santosh Hegde wanted to destabilize my government by removing me from the CM's post,” he said and said that he was ultimately summoned by the BJP national leaders to Delhi and forced to resign within three days after the Lokayukha report was out.
Citing his own example, Yeddyurappa advised Siddaramaiah to be careful about people surrounding him and said the Congress high command may not allow him to continue after Lok Sabha polls.
For that reason, the KJP leader said Sidddaramaiah was probably in a great hurry to announce new programmes such as rice at Re 1 per kg.
“I personally want you to complete full five years,” he said and in an indirect reference to Congress Vokkaliga leader D K Shivakumar mentioned that ''a few legislators not taking oath till date” at being denied ministerial berth indicated that all was not well in the Congress party.
Seeking to rub salt into the wounds of Congressmen, he said another Vokkaliga leader and former Deputy Leader of the Congress legislature party under Siddaramaiah like T B Jayachandra should have been given a better portfolio so that his talents and abilities were fully utilized. The former Speaker and an able parliamentarian Rameshkumar should have been inducted into the Cabinet.
The Congress party’s leader of the house in the legislative council S R Patil, a capable Lingayat community leader from northern Karnataka, was inducted into the cabinet much later when it became necessary that only an MLC could hold that position. But again, S R Patil was given the IT/BT portfolio and the IT/BT stalwarts had initially criticized the move. Even a non-controversial and capable leader like Abhayachandra Jain was made a minister of State with fisheries and youth services portfolio not respecting his religious sensibilities.
''There are rumblings and discontent within the Congress party, though the chief minister enjoys the party high command’s support at the moment. But there is trouble ahead and the present indications within the party are not a good sign. Don't believe everybody and anybody as they may betray you at a right time as happened in my case,” he advised.
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Rosario Fernandes , Kallianpur
Mon, Jun 10 2013Judicial probe, FIR, court case all eye wash. Talk about how to bring back the looted money.!!!
That make sense.
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Murthi, mangalore/dubai
Sat, Jun 08 2013If what BSY did is wrong. Then everybody should be probed at least from last 20 years. And everybody should be punished.
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Lan, Mangalore
Sat, Jun 08 2013Do think it is only 3 mining issues I doubt ??? How come he has formed new party,from where the money has come ?? it is a big question need to investigation needed.
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Bulsam, Mangalore
Sat, Jun 08 2013Good move my yeddy. He wants to expose the mask off the Sangh Parivar. One by one all the skeletons will come out of the Sangh Parivar's well guarded closets.
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jr,
Sat, Jun 08 2013IF THE CONGRESS HAS DARING TO PULL OUT THE TRUTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF STATE, LET THE CM ORDER FOR A PROBE SINCE 1999 AND PULL THE TRUTH OUT IRRESPECTIVE OF PARTY TO WHICH ONE BELONGS TO, SO THAT WE CAN VOTE FOR A PARTY CONCERNED ABOUT STATE.
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Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai
Sat, Jun 08 2013Dear Congiss & its supporters pls note the contents of Yeddy saying that “Under my tenure, barely three mining licenses were issued. Whereas it was 16 licenses during the tenure of S M Krishna, 20 by N Dharm Singh and 22 by H D Kumaraswamy” People who went to Bellary with chorus and dancing are chilling now since Yeddy may insists the same when he appears in Court for next hearing. And Court has no option but to order for judicial enquiry which may come after 5 years but when it comes to table Congress may not be ruling Karnataka again
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Anand, karkala/Dubai
Sat, Jun 08 2013There is lot of difference between doing it like anybody else and doing it intelligently. In yeddy's case it was like anybody else. Now criticising his own partymen is of no use as they are the part and parcel of building a strong BJP in the state.
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P. Shirish Kumar Hosabettu, Muscat, Manipala
Sat, Jun 08 2013Jossey Saldana...you are proving knowledge !!!!
Don't worry all the Congress blackdogs will come out . Sushma & Gadkari was from Karnataka nor BJP was on rule....??
So cheap comments
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Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai
Sat, Jun 08 2013Belated move but Good!
Why did BSY
Now Amma Sushma may start shivering!
Why BSY didn't order judicial probe Into mining scam since 1999
when he was C.M.is a big question?
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CYRIL MASCARENHAS, KIREM/MIRA ROAD/DUBAI
Fri, Jun 07 2013DEAR YEDDY,INSTEAD KEEPING QUITE,WHY YOU SHOULD PUT HAND IN UNWANTED THING..?DO YOU WANT TO GO JAIL AGAIN..? PLS PASS REMAINING DAYS PEACEFULLY..AS YOU BECOME OLDER NOW..
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GERALD, MODANKAP
Fri, Jun 07 2013my basic quesition is to election commission that, yeddy convicted with so many criminal cases and still pending in court and how he eligible to contest for election !!! can someone who can explain it
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My view , mangalore
Sat, Jun 08 2013very simple , unless you termed as convicted by COURT , your not a bad person.
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Dev, Mangalore
Sat, Jun 08 2013Yeddy is not convicted by any Judicial Courts, but he is alleged by Lokayukta(not guilty until proven) & cases are pending in Courts, until then he can enjoy as MLA.
He knows how Somashekara gave reports, the same way he can buy them to give favorable report & delay all the cases for another 10 years is his idea of Judicial Probe!
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Ifthikhar, Mangalore / KSA
Fri, Jun 07 2013itte vante kait kaas kammi anaga areg loka tojundu. Aaar CM uppu naga areg vavula tojondu ittiji - bhari amald itter.
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samuel sadanand, balmatta/kuwait
Fri, Jun 07 2013why didnt he do it when he was in the chair??
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observer, india
Fri, Jun 07 2013well, Yeddi's plea should be accepted. If the previuos ones who did the same were not wrong, why is Yeddi wrong, Is it his bad luck? will any one explain? The only thing is there can be in some cases a time bar factor. But still it must be probed to know what exactly the others were doing & how did they benefit.
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ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE-YANBU/KSA
Fri, Jun 07 2013YAAN MURKUDE ...YENNOTTIGE NIKULA MURKULE!! is the summery of BSY's plea for judicial Commission on the illegal mine issue.He has valid point in asking in depth investigation since 1999 because mines were looted since then.But some are how REDDYs bankrupted mines Kazana and injected illgoten resources to keep Govt of BJP breathing with OPERATION KAMALA...
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kudhkey nayak, mangalore
Fri, Jun 07 2013Truth will come out if the current congress govt. starts enquiry from1999.What Mr.Yeddi is saying is right...bcoz of his own party men he had to bear the brunt.Ananth kumar & team wanted him out of CM post.Yeddi is a gud man...but he is betrayed by all.Congress CM's as mentioned by Yeddy...alloted more sites n more licences to the miners.
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Sampath, Mlore/ Blore
Fri, Jun 07 2013Yeddy Sir now you are neither the leader of opposition as you were earlier so your words will not be taken seriously..... can you please tell us what prevented you from ordering judicial probe in your tenure as C M.....
That time your eyes where blinded with power just thought making money illegally..... now when you have lost it it shows you the world... Anyway good that you have demanded lets see how seriously the government will take your advice...
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PINTO, Manglore
Fri, Jun 07 2013AT LAST YOU HAVE SOMEONE OPENLY ASKING WHAT IS ' MINE & WHAT IS NOT MINE'
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Jossey Saldanha, Mapusa
Fri, Jun 07 2013Now Sushma and Gadkari will both go to JAIL...........
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Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai
Sat, Jun 08 2013I doubt Dear Jossey since Sonia and Vadra not gone to jail till date.......
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juliet mascarenhas, bejai mangalore
Fri, Jun 07 2013Yes Sir. Very good advise.highly noted for future guidance.
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KRPrabhu,
Fri, Jun 07 2013Mokulu maata thelikeda bollilu...
Namma maata bodchavandina barepinakulu...
Rajakeeyadakulu kaas malpare ittinakulu...
Namma maata baayi bududu toopinakulu...
Namma mande mande tnantavunakulu....
Bodchi bodchi pandud pett thinpinakulu....
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PEACE LOVER, Kingdom of Bahrain
Fri, Jun 07 2013Akulu mokulu BJP dakulu
Aklena partinakulu brasta nakulu
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KRPrabhu,
Sat, Jun 08 2013Eerna pugeled ittina kembude kuridind...betheklna kaara mudeled boordina saasemid dosha naadundu ullara Piece Lover?
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