Bengaluru. The Congress authorities in Karnataka has suffered a significant setback. In a corruption case of Rs 187 crore, Tribal Welfare and Sports activities Affairs Minister B. Nagendra needed to resign. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has accepted his resignation. Scheduled Tribe (ST) Welfare Minister B Nagendra, surrounded by allegations in an unlawful cash switch case involving a state authorities company, resigned on Thursday. That is thought-about a giant blow for the one yr authorities led by Siddaramaiah.
Minister Nagendra submitted his resignation letter to the Prime Minister and mentioned that he’ll come clear on this matter. This unlawful cash switch case involving the Karnataka Maharishi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Improvement Company Restricted got here to gentle when the Director Basic of Accounts Chandrashekhar P resigned on Might 26. Chandrashekhar had left a suicide be aware. On this be aware, an unlawful switch of Rs 187 crore from the corporate’s checking account has been disclosed. Of this quantity, Rs 88.62 crore was reportedly deposited in numerous accounts of reputed IT corporations and a cooperative financial institution in Hyderabad.
‘Resigning after listening to conscience’
Chandrashekhar has talked about within the be aware the names of the Company’s Managing Director JH Padmanabha, Accounts Officer Parashuram G Durugannavar, Union Financial institution of India Chief Supervisor Suchismita Rawal. It’s mentioned within the be aware that the minister had given a verbal order for the switch of cash. 4-time MLA Nagendra (52) mentioned, ‘No one pressured me to resign. I made a decision to resign after listening to my conscience, so that folks is not going to deceive me. Nagendra, who additionally heads the Ministry of Youth Empowerment and Sports activities, mentioned that he doesn’t need to embarrass the state’s Chief Minister (Siddaramaiah) or the Deputy Chief Minister (DK Shivakumar) or the occasion’s nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge. any approach.
‘There must be an neutral investigation’
Nagendra, the Member of Parliament representing Bellary Rural constituency within the Meeting, mentioned, “I’m resigning of my very own free will… The SIT (Particular Investigation Crew) is investigating of the case and there must be a good investigation. If I retain the place of minister in the course of the investigation, it might trigger issues. Due to this, I’ve determined to retire. He has referred to as the allegations in opposition to him baseless. He mentioned that he will likely be confirmed harmless on this case. Earlier, Shivkumar mentioned, “He (Nagendra) got here ahead voluntarily and resigned as a result of he didn’t need to embarrass the occasion. We didn’t ask him to resign. We talked to them … we talked to lots of people. No minister would permit a lot to be misused. This isn’t simple.
My title is nowhere to be discovered – Nagendra
Terming allegations of individuals associated to him within the case as hypothesis, Nagendra mentioned, ‘He (the deceased officer) didn’t write my title wherever. What does minister imply? I used to be not conscious of something that occurred within the company and after I got here to learn about it, I suspended the managing director of the company and the investigation is ongoing. Nagendra additionally mentioned that the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister didn’t ask him to resign, however (they) need him to not resign. He mentioned, ‘The reality will come out in the course of the investigation, after that I’ll come… It’s as much as the Chief Minister and the commander-in-chief to deliver me again to the cupboard if confirmed harmless .’
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FIRST PUBLICATION: June 6, 2024, 11:49 PM IST
