Minister HC Balakrishna hit back at HD Kumaraswamy, saying his brother’s assets grew manifold when he was CM
Did he earn Rs 1,000 crore by growing potatoes?” he asked. Meanwhile, chief minister DK Shivakumar rejected BJP functionary NR Ramesh’s allegations of irregularities in the Rs 444-crore KSWAN 3.0 tender, saying the complaint against minister Yathindra Siddaramaiah was false.
Municipal administration minister Balakrishna asked Kumaraswamy to explain how his brother Balakrishna Gowda’s property had risen to around Rs 1,000 crore “all of a sudden”. “Kumaraswamy is a Union minister and a former CM,” he said. “Yathindra became a minister only a couple of months ago,” Shivakumar said, questioning how he could have committed irregularities so quickly.
Bengaluru: Ministers HC Balakrishna and Priyank Kharge Wednesday turned the tables on Union minister HD Kumaraswamy following his allegations against chief minister DK Shivakumar over his assets, questioning the alleged rise in property holdings of Kumaraswamy’s brother during his tenure as CM. “Let him explain. “He had two decades of time (to act on the allegations he made). He had time when he was CM. Why didn’t he do this then?” he asked. Ramesh had alleged that the tender issued by Centre for e-governance was structured to favour a particular bidder and that Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd was prevented from participating. He also alleged complaints were ignored and named Yathindra in a complaint to Enforcement Directorate .