Bengaluru:
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has rejected BJP’s demand for the resignation of state minister Priyank Kharge and mentioned social gathering leaders “know his integrity”.
“We all know the integrity of Priyank Kharge, the investigation is happening. No query of anybody resigning. Priyank Kharge is our Dalit chief. It’s not attainable (handy over the case to CBI). We all know how CBI works. Our police and officers are able to doing the investigation,” Mr Shivakumar mentioned.
Priyank Kharge is son of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge
He was responding to a question about Karnataka BJP chief BY Vijayendra’s remarks that that Bidar contractor’s alleged suicide case must be handed over to CBI and Priyanka Kharge ought to resign. .
“Many leaders and others take photos with us, does it imply we’ve a relation with them? Our authorities is clear, they (BJP) haven’t got something, that is why they’re talking on this manner,” Mr Shivakumar mentioned.
“BJP authorities gave solely my case to CBI…Priyank Kharge is our authorities’s vocal minister, he is a Dalit chief who’s rising and he is doing finest in IT and BT, that is why they’re attempting all this, it is not the case for CBI, I’ve learn all about CBI once they despatched me to jail, we all know how CBI working, our police and officers are succesful to do the investigation,” he added.
Earlier Priyank Kharge strongly criticized the BJP for allegedly politicizing the suicide of a contractor in Bidar.
Talking on the tragic incident, Kharge acknowledged that the scenario is obvious and the views of each the contractor and the accused must be completely investigated.
“It’s totally clear that BJP is attempting to politicise a suicide by a contractor. It’s clear that the contractor has a view in regards to the incident and the accused has a view in regards to the incident,” Kharge mentioned in his assertion.
He emphasised the significance of an neutral investigation to uncover the reality behind the incident. Kharge additionally identified that the BJP’s response was politically motivated, asserting that the social gathering’s earlier tenure had seen a number of contractor suicides.”The BJP can do no matter it needs. Everybody is aware of what they did and what number of contractors dedicated suicide throughout their tenure,” he added.
Vijayendra Yediyurappa has attacked the Congress alleging that Sachin, a contractor from Bidar, died by suicide attributable to harassment and threats from Priyank Kharge’s shut aide Raju Kapanur. He claimed that Sachin left behind an in depth letter highlighting his ordeal.
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