Opposition sets targets on Yeddyurappa son
Karnataka opposition party Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) on Wednesday took on B S Yeddyurappa alleging that the chief minister?s family had collected crores of rupees illegally in lieu of favours.
JD-S leader H D Kumaraswamy alleged that donations of Rs 27.18 crore were accepted over the last two years in the name of a trust started by Yeddyurappa?s sons through the misuse of the chief minister?s office.
Kumaraswamy also released documents of huge donations taken by trust from a number of people and firms to shed light over the alleged scandal by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader.
The donations secured included a Rs 10 crore contribution from a mining company in return of favours, he alleged.
The JD-S leader also claimed that Yeddyurappa?s family had secured Rs 14 crore, out of which Rs 5 crore went in the name of trust, against not pressing charges over encroachment of sewerage canals and tanks.
B S Yeddyurappa’s son B Y Raghavendra, however, trashed the allegations calling them baseless, media reports said.
The Karnataka chief minister and his family are already facing accusations in a land scam case which is being heard in a Bangalore court.
The complaints in the case were filed in January after Governor H R Bhardwaj granted permission to prosecute Yeddyurappa after a series of spats between the two.
