The Karnataka authorities will order a high-level investigation into allegations of makes an attempt to honey-trap its ministers, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated within the state Legislative Meeting on Friday morning.
“We’ll absolutely get a probe performed. I’ll converse to Residence Minister G Parameshwara and senior leaders. We’ve a accountability of defending all leaders,” Siddaramaiah stated, reacting for the primary time to an argument over makes an attempt to honey-trap state Cooperation Minister Ok N Rajanna.
The controversy erupted within the public area on Thursday after Rajanna himself raised the problem within the Meeting. “There have been no names talked about (by the cooperation minister). We’ll conduct a high-level probe,” Siddaramaiah stated. An inquiry probe can be ordered since “it’s the accountability of the federal government to guard all elected representatives regardless of get together affiliations”, he added.
Siddaramaiah was compelled by the Opposition BJP to answer the honey-trapping problem forward of presenting his reply to a debate on the state finances he introduced on March 7. BJP chief Sunil Kumar demanded a judicial probe with the Chief of the Opposition R Ashok claiming that even judges had been honey-trapped.
BJP chief Araga Jnanendra argued that there was no police criticism registered over 12 hours after Rajanna raised the honey-trapping problem within the Meeting.
Parameshwara, who assured the home of a high-level probe on Thursday, reiterated his stand on Friday, saying a probe can be ordered after discussions with Siddaramaiah.
With the BJP alleging that the honey-trap makes an attempt had been a part of the interior battle within the Congress for the chief minister’s publish – this has resulted within the creation of camps of MLAs allied to completely different leaders – Parameshwara stated that Siddaramaiah was the chief for all Congress MLAs.
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Whereas BJP leaders trooped into the Properly of the Home, expressing dissatisfaction with the statements of the chief minister and residential minister, Siddaramaiah went forward together with his reply on the finances debate by ignoring the protests.
Sources within the Congress get together stated that the developments across the makes an attempt to honey-trap a senior minister had been communicated to the get together excessive command by a senior get together chief from Karnataka who has the boldness of the central management. The Congress chief communicated the developments to a senior All India Congress Committee common secretary after being up to date by a bit of get together leaders in Karnataka, sources stated.
The honey-trapping saga
The difficulty of honey-trapping of legislators was raised by BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal with an announcement that there have been rumours of many Congress ministers being focused by organised gangs.
Following this comment, Cooperation Minister Ok N Rajanna advised the Legislative Meeting that he had been the goal of a latest try at honey-trapping and that as many as 48 leaders from all events had been focused.
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“It isn’t simply leaders within the state however leaders on the nationwide stage, chopping throughout events, have been focused. There must be an investigation,” Rajanna stated, demanding the creation of a Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) to conduct a probe.
Rajanna is a vocal opponent of Karnataka Congress president and Deputy Chief Minister D Ok Shivakumar. He has been demanding that the Congress president be modified by citing the get together coverage of ‘one individual, one publish’, in an obvious reference to Shivakumar holding the posts of deputy CM, Bengaluru improvement minister, water assets minister and state get together president.
Residence Minister G Parameshwara, who was within the Home, responded by stating that the federal government would order a high-level probe into the allegations.
Earlier, state Public Works Division Minister Satish Jarkiholi had additionally said that two ministers within the authorities had been the goal of honey-trapping makes an attempt.
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When the problem was raised earlier than Karnataka Congress president and Deputy Chief Minister D Ok Shivakumar, he advised the media, “Allow them to file a police criticism.”
In 2021, BJP chief Ramesh Jarkiholi was compelled to give up as a minister after he was allegedly honey-trapped by a gang. The girl within the incident filed a case of rape. The matter remains to be pending trial in courtroom with an SIT indicating a case of honey-trap and never rape. Ramesh had alleged after the incident that his rival, Shivakumar, was most likely behind the incident.