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Bengaluru, Dec 29: Leader of Opposition in Assembly and senior BJP leader R Ashoka has demanded the resignation of IT, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge over the suicide of a contractor due to monetary demands of his personal assistant and said Kharge junior is not the Nizam of Kalaburagi district nor are his associates Razakars.

The senior BJP leader said Priyank Kharge, son of senior Congress leader and AICC president, must honourably quit and exhibit his morality instead of preaching it to others as he is directly responsible for the high-handedness of his close associate Raju Kapanur, who he dubbed as a goonda and possessor of illegal pistol.

Ashoka, has in a press statement, wondered if the Constitution of Dr B R Ambedkar does not apply to Kharge family. “Let him resign and display his morality before preaching to others,” he said blaming Priyank Kharge for the suicide of contractor Sachin Panchal, who has in a death note directly blamed Kharge’s close aide Raju Kapanur for his suicide.

The BJP leader reminded the ruling Congress party leaders that the party’s minister K S Eshwarappa’s resignation was demanded by them when the contractor Santhosh had left a suicide note blaming the minister’s aides for demanding 40% commission.

“The death note left behind by contractor Sachin Panchal has accused Raju Kapanur for fraud and cheating as also threats to kill him,” Ashoka said and pointed out that the contractor had uploaded his death note in the social media before
committing suicide.

The BJP leaader alleged that the police of Gandhigunj station in Bidar had neglected to immediately act when the family members of contractor Sachin Panchal went to lodge a missing complaint.

Ashoka alleged that Priyank Kharge’s close associate Raju Kapanur had taken Rs 15 lac from the contractor for awarding a contract and had even demanded Rs 1 crore as per the death note. There are complaints against six persons including former Kalaburagi corporator Ravi Kapanur, Nandakumr, Nagabhujanga and Goraknath, the BJP leader said.