Bengaluru, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday said there was no need for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to probe alleged financial irregularities in a state corporation as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the state government It was already underway. the job.
Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress chief, was reacting to a question about the agency that arrested former minister B Nagendra, as part of a money laundering probe related to irregularities in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited.
"We (state government) are doing a probe (through the SIT), it (ED probe) was not necessary, but they are doing it. I will try to know and then talk about it," Shivakumar told reporters here. .
Nagendra resigned as Scheduled Tribes Welfare Minister on June 6 in the wake of the alleged irregularities.
The ED carried out searches at several premises, including those linked to Nagendra and ruling Congress MLA Basanagouda Daddal, who is Corporation president, in the last two days.
The agency covered around 20 locations in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra as part of a case registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), sources said.
Reacting to the BJP's protest in Mysuru over the alleged fraudulent allocation of land to land losers by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority, involving land given to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife, Shivakumar said, "In Mysuru , they (BJP) are doing politics, there is no truth in it (allegations).
Asserting that "there is no scam", he said: "Whatever was done, it was done during the BJP's rule; there is nothing. After winning the (Lok Sabha) elections, they want to see that Karnataka is in bad condition. No "There is nothing there, everything is perfect. We will face all this politically."
Claiming that a conspiracy is being hatched against him over heartburn as he belongs to a backward class community and has become Chief Minister for the second time, Siddaramaiah, while denying the allegations on Thursday, asserted that he will not fear such moves. by the BJP.
Responding to a question about Siddaramaiah's claims that he was being targeted for belonging to backward classes, Shivakumar said: "Definitely, definitely..."
"There is only one big state (with Congress), so they want to demoralize the state, but we will not allow it," Shivakumar said.
Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress chief, was reacting to a question about the agency that arrested former minister B Nagendra, as part of a money laundering probe related to irregularities in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited.
"We (state government) are doing a probe (through the SIT), it (ED probe) was not necessary, but they are doing it. I will try to know and then talk about it," Shivakumar told reporters here. .
Nagendra resigned as Scheduled Tribes Welfare Minister on June 6 in the wake of the alleged irregularities.
The ED carried out searches at several premises, including those linked to Nagendra and ruling Congress MLA Basanagouda Daddal, who is Corporation president, in the last two days.
The agency covered around 20 locations in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra as part of a case registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), sources said.
Reacting to the BJP's protest in Mysuru over the alleged fraudulent allocation of land to land losers by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority, involving land given to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife, Shivakumar said, "In Mysuru , they (BJP) are doing politics, there is no truth in it (allegations).
Asserting that "there is no scam", he said: "Whatever was done, it was done during the BJP's rule; there is nothing. After winning the (Lok Sabha) elections, they want to see that Karnataka is in bad condition. No "There is nothing there, everything is perfect. We will face all this politically."
Claiming that a conspiracy is being hatched against him over heartburn as he belongs to a backward class community and has become Chief Minister for the second time, Siddaramaiah, while denying the allegations on Thursday, asserted that he will not fear such moves. by the BJP.
Responding to a question about Siddaramaiah's claims that he was being targeted for belonging to backward classes, Shivakumar said: "Definitely, definitely..."
"There is only one big state (with Congress), so they want to demoralize the state, but we will not allow it," Shivakumar said.
