31 cases filed against minister, deputy CM misled House: Karnataka LoP

BENGALURU: A day after Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwara asserted that no chargesheet has been filed against Planning and Statistics Minister B Nagendra, senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the assembly, R Ashoka stated that there are 31 cases.

Key points

• When Assembly Speaker GS Patil and Ruling party members insisted on discussing drought, Ashoka remarked that it was shameful that the State Administration was yet to declare drought.
• The Opposition members created a ruckus in the Assembly for the fourth consecutive day demanding that Nagendra be dropped from the cabinet.
• The Deputy CM has misled the Assembly with his statement saying Nagendra does not have any case against him.
• Further, Ashoka remarked the officer who died by suicide, P Chandrashekaran, had named Nagendra in his death note.
• According to He additionally, problems such as drought, Bidadi Township, scam in KPSC, NICE row and other matters need to be discussed in the Assembly.

Meanwhile, the Opposition members created a ruckus in the Assembly for the fourth consecutive day demanding that Nagendra be dropped from the cabinet.

"The Deputy CM has misled the Assembly with his statement saying Nagendra does not have any case against him. Of the 31 cases, CBI has filed chargesheet against Nagendra in three cases, where he is the prime accused, " Ashoka remarked in the Assembly, alleging that the Congress high command has taken capital from Nagendra to reinstate him in the cabinet.

Ashoka even questioned the State Administration why they were wasting public capital and session time to protect one minister. Slamming the State Administration, Ashoka stated that just to defend one minister, there is a breach of privilege of all 223 MLAs in the house. He remarked that they will protest till Nagendra resigns from his post.

Ashoka remarked he can furnish the complete records of the cases against Nagendra.

"Deputy Chief Minister Parameshwara is saying there is no case. I can provide the numbers. He remarked Rs 187 crore belongs to Dalits who are waiting to avail the financial aid, but the administration has misused it, " he noted.

Further, Ashoka remarked the officer who died by suicide, P Chandrashekaran, had named Nagendra in his death note. "The deceased's family has neither obtained any compensation nor a job on compassionate grounds. But the main accused, who resigned from the Siddaramaiah cabinet, has been reinstated, " Ashoka remarked.

When Assembly Speaker GS Patil and Ruling party members insisted on discussing drought, Ashoka remarked that it was shameful that the State Administration was yet to declare drought. "The administration is not ready to accept that Karnataka is facing severe drought. This is since they do not have funds to allocate for drinking water and other drought-related activities. There is no point in discussing (drought) without releasing funds, " he continued.

Afterwards, BJP members even protested outside the House demanding Nagendra's resignation. Ashoka remarked to journalists that Nagendra was trying to protect himself by playing the Dalit card. "The Congress has to decide whether they need crores of Dalits or one Nagendra. They have to ask Nagendra to step down to safeguard the poor, " Ashoka remarked.

According to He additionally, problems such as drought, Bidadi Township, scam in KPSC, NICE row and other matters need to be discussed in the Assembly. But the Congress administration is stubbornly holding on to its position for the sake of one person and wasting the time of the House, '' he went on.

Taken together, the developments around 31 cases filed against minister, deputy CM misled House: Karnataka LoP point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.