Nitin Gadkari to look into Yeddyurappa?s land scam

Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday asked the scam- tainted Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to continue in office, party president Nitin Gadkari said he himself will ?look into? the allegations.

?An environment of uncertainty has been created in Karnataka during the past few days due to several allegations being made against the Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa. Yeddyurappa has denied these allegations and has offered his response both publicly and to the party leaders,? said Gadkari.

?The Chief Minister has also written to me giving his view point. After my consultations with senior party colleagues and the state leaders, the party has decided to continue B. S. Yeddyurappa as the Chief Minister.

?With the Panchayat and Zilla Parishad elections round the corner, the party appeals to all its leaders and workers to work for the success of the party,? he said.

?The State Government has already constituted a Commission of Inquiry to look into all allegations of land allotment. The Chief Minister has proposed that to satisfy itself the party should look into any allegation directed against him. I shall with adequate assistance look into the same,? Gadkari added.

Yeddyurappa said he was clean and had blessings of party’s central leaders like L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley.

He reiterated that he was never asked to resign.

This was Yeddyurappa’s third political victory in recent time after 19 legislators revolted against him for change of guard in Maharashtra.