Hubballi: The scrapping of the controversial steel flyover project in Bengaluru is an admission on part of the Congress about the corruption involved in the project said BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Friday.
Speaking to reporters here during his visit, Yeddyurappa said that scrapping of the controversial infrastructure project also proves the veracity of the entries in the Congress MLC K Govindaraj’s diary, which was seized by Income Tax officials from the bedroom of his house. He charged that Rs 65 crore was paid to the family members of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for the steel flyover project. “Siddaramaiah should retire from politics if the allegations of bribe are proved or else I will retire from politics,” he challenged.
Further he also said that a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will prove that Rs 450 crore to Rs 600 crore of taxpayers’ money was ‘sent’ to the Congress high command in Delhi and demanded that the case be handed over to CBI if the state government is truly innocent. “As the scam spreads across states, the Union government can also ask the CBI to investigate the issue,” he said.
Yeddyurappa said the ‘Sahara papers’ and ‘Govindaraj diary’ cannot be compared, as in the Sahara case it is just a piece of paper, while Govindaraj himself has accepted that the diary is his. The diary will stand the scrutiny of law, he added.
