Karnataka Cooperation Minister Ok N Rajanna Tuesday mentioned he would file a grievance with Residence Minister G Parameshwara later within the day relating to his allegation that he had been the goal of a “honey-trapping” try by a gang. Rajanna mentioned the grievance would element how one particular person approached him, claiming that he had “private work and crucial secrets and techniques to share”.
Addressing a press convention in Tumakuru, Rajanna mentioned a person had visited him twice at his Bengaluru home, every time with a unique lady. “Within the second go to, he launched a girl as a excessive court docket lawyer,” mentioned the Congress minister.
Rajanna mentioned his letter to the house minister detailed your entire incident and defined the explanations for the delay in submitting the grievance. “(Investigators) have to seek out out whether or not the 2 have been doing it on their very own or whether or not somebody was behind them,” the minister mentioned, including that he may recognise the one who allegedly tried to lure him if that particular person was produced earlier than him.
The allegations by the minister final week within the legislature triggered a political storm in Karnataka, with the problem being raised in Parliament as properly. Rajanna alleged that the gang had additionally focused 47 different MLAs throughout occasion strains.
Following this, a Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL) was filed within the Supreme Courtroom looking for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) probe into the allegations. The petitioner, Binay Kumar Singh from Jharkhand, argued that severe allegations have been made within the Karnataka Meeting, claiming a number of distinguished folks, together with judges, have been honey-trapped.
Responding to a query on the PIL, Rajanna mentioned he had by no means claimed that judges have been honey-trapped. “I mentioned that leaders from each events (The Congress and the BJP) are attempting to malign their rivals in their very own events. In line with my info, such makes an attempt are being made in opposition to vocal leaders,” he mentioned, including that the PIL was based mostly on false rumours.
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