Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Jagadish Shettar on Tuesday demanded Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to make public the report of Kempanna Commission on denotification of land meant for Arkavathy layout.
Speaking to media persons here, Shettar said that the government was suppressing the contents of the report, as the panel had made recommendations against Siddaramaiah.
He said that over 650 acres of land in Arkavathy layout had been denotified by Siddaramaiah, in violation of the Supreme Court and High Court orders.
“Though the report was submitted nearly six months ago, the report has not been made public. This is because, the panel has indicted Siddaramaiah in its report. If Siddaramaiah has nothing to hide or fear, he should release the report,” said Shettar.
The Commission was established in August 2014, after the opposition BJP in both the houses of state legislature charged that Siddaramaiah was a direct beneficiary of the denotification of land. The BJP had sought a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities.
Political murders
Shettar also said that Karnataka was turning out to be like Kerala, as there was an increase in the number of political murders in the recent days.
“This is because of the active presence of outfits like Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), which are carrying out attacks on RSS and Hindu youths,’’ he said.
The BJP leader said that Siddaramaiah was unwilling to ban these outfits in the name of vote bank politics.
He also said that there was a complete failure of intelligence and the law and order situation had deteriorated. As a result, cities like Bengaluru have emerged as the ‘rape’ capital, he added.
