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Another U-turn by Rahul Gandhi: Terms the same CAG report worthless which he desperately wanted to see

Jhankar Mohta
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Another U-turn by Rahul Gandhi: Terms the same CAG report worthless which he desperately wanted to see

The Congress supremo, Rahul Gandhi has been hitting on the BJP government for months over the Rafale deal. Clearly, in the present scenario, one is forced to believe that this is the only card in the hands of the Congress, which it’s President has been using over and over again, against the incumbent government.

Rahul Gandhi, who has been famous for citing different prices for Rafale jets ranging from a few hundred rupees apiece to thousands of crores, has taken to first ignore the SC’s verdict over the deal and now rubbishes the very report he and his party have been demanding to see.

The Gandhi scion forgets that it was he and his party leaders who had gone hammer and tongs demanding the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)’s report over Rafale pricing to be made available and now, when the CAG has tabled a report on the Rafale deal in the Parliament today, Rahul, conveniently forgetting his earlier statements, has openly rubbished the report calling it worthless.

In fact, the Congress, probably anticipating a clean chit to the government over the Rafale deal, had started resorting to such theatrics since yesterday, raising questions on the impartiality of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India himself.

A few months ago the Congress wanted the CAG to present his report as soon as possible. In September, a delegation of senior Congress leaders met the CAG on the Rafale deal and asked the auditor to prepare a report on alleged irregularities in it.

Again in October, the Congress urged the CAG to carry out a forensic audit of the Rafale fighter jet deal and bring all facts on record to enable Parliament to fix accountability for the alleged scam in the contract. The Congress had then, contrary to its present stand, called the CAG a constitutional body and said that it must audit the deal.

“It is expected that the CAG which has a Constitutional mandate and authority to scrutinize every document, in this case including original tender, understanding reached between Dassault and HAL and the arbitrary decision of the Prime Minister without any mandate from Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) will undertake a forensic audit,” the memorandum said.

In fact, in December 2018, when the Supreme court ruled that there was no reason to doubt the process that the government followed to buy the Rafale jets, the Congress had made a major hue and cry, demanding to see the CAG report on the Rafale deal.

And now, once the CAG has done what actually the Congress has been demanding all this while, Rahul Gandhi takes a complete U-turn and disregards CAG and its audit report dubbing it as ‘Chowkidar Auditor General’ report.

Ankur Singh on Twitter identified this peculiarity of Rahul’s where he is seen going back on his words, leaving the Twitter users wondering whether the Congress President does this deliberately or whether he is genuinely suffering from some kind of intellective disorder.


Many users on Twitter commented over the conflicting stands displayed by Congress.


Moreover, what could be seen as another irony is that Rahul Gandhi castigated the country’s Prime Minister by citing a report published in The Indian Express to renew his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Rafale deal. Rahul said that PM Modi acted as a middleman for Anil Ambani. He also sought criminal proceedings against PM Modi. However, he refuses to accept the audit report prepared by a constitutional body.

Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Rajiv Mehrishi on Monday submitted the report on Rafale deal to President Ram Nath Kovind. The Modi government is likely to table the report in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, a day before the first part of Budget Session culminates.

BJP accuses Rahul Gandhi of being a defence lobbyist

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BJP accuses Rahul Gandhi of being a defence lobbyist

Firing fresh salvos at the Congress President Rahul Gandhi, the BJP today levelled a serious allegation of him being a ‘Defence Lobbyist’. Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad questioned the source of documents cited by Rahul Gandhi in his press conference.


Earlier today, citing an internal email purportedly sent by Airbus officials, Rahul Gandhi had claimed that the PM Modi worked as a middleman for Anil Ambani. The allegations levelled by Rahul Gandhi were predicated on a conjecture-filled report by the Indian Express claiming that the Reliance group head Anil Ambani met the French defence officials weeks before PM Modi’s meet. Rahul also dismissed the CAG report on the Rafale deal, calling it a ‘Chowkidar Auditor General report’.

The report in the Indian Express insinuated that Anil Ambani’s visit to the French Defence Minister on a short notice before the Prime Minister’s official visit exerted an influence on the outcome of the Rafale deal and that Anil Ambani was unduly benefitted by the deal.

Prasad contended how Rahul Gandhi was in possession of the internal emails of Airbus, which is itself facing an inquiry into the shady deals it got during the UPA regime and went on to claim that the Congress President is working as a defence lobbyist for competitor aircraft companies and trying to scuttle the Rafale deal, which is expected to immensely fortify the Indian Air Force.

Earlier too, several BJP leaders including Arun Jaitley had alleged that Rahul Gandhi was attacking the Rafale deal at the behest of Eurofighter, which was a contender in the MMRCA deal. There also allegations that Rahul Gandhi had met Eurofighter officials before he started his attack on the Rafale deal. Airbus is the majority shareholder of the consortium that manufactures the Eurofighter Typhoon jet.

Contempt of Court: CJI orders Rs 1 lakh fine and “sitting in a corner” for former CBI interim chief Nageshwar Rao

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Contempt of Court: CJI orders Rs 1 lakh fine and “sitting in a corner” for former CBI interim chief Nageshwar Rao

The Supreme Court has come down heavily on former interim CBI chief Nageshwar Rao on Tuesday after it found him guilty of contempt of court. The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh, that has to be deposited within a week.


Rao was found guilty of contempt, along with Additional legal advisor Bhasuran S.

CJI Gogoi also ordered Rao and Additional Legal Advisor Bhasuran S were also order to “sit in a corner” of the court till the end of the day’s proceedings.

The officers have been found guilty of transferring the senior most investigating officer AK Sharma in the sensational Muzaffarpur shelter home case to CRPF cadre, without the due permission of the court. The court earlier had said that there are two categorical orders by it, directing CBI not to transfer the concerned officer, without its permission. The court also had observed that information regarding the court’s order was not furnished to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

The punishment comes a day after Rao tendered an unconditional apology to the court, for his mistake which he said was done without any intention to defy the court’s order. Attorney General KK Venugopal also appealed to the supreme court to adopt “merciful approach” and also cited Rao’s 32 years of “unblemished” track record.

“You have played with the orders our orders. God help you” Court had remarked on February 7, the day the Rao and Bhasuran were summoned.

Rao was appointed interim CBI chief, last year after the government had sent CBI chief Alok Verma and special officer Rakesh Asthana on leave after both had leveled serious allegations against each other.

The sordid incident of children of shelter homes in Muzaffarpur being sexually abused and tortured came to light in June last year when the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) submitted a report, based on conversations with several girls at the home.

SC had directed CBI to look into matters of illegal shelter homes in Bihar. This had come after surfacing of large scale sexual exploitation of girls at Balika Grih, a children’s home in Muzaffarpur operated by Seva Sankalp Evam Vikas Samiti.

Twitter users complain about mysterious reduction in number of retweets of their tweets, allege foul play

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Twitter users complain about mysterious reduction in number of retweets of their tweets, allege foul play

Amid the growing allegations of bias against users belonging to right-wing ideology, today many users on microblogging site started Twitter complaining that suddenly numbers of retweets and likes on Tweets posted them declined after higher numbers were shown for them.

Several users on Twitter posted screenshots their tweets, which showed that retweets on likes on their tweets came down within a few minutes.


People who were monitoring retweets of their tweets noticed that numbers of retweets were gradually coming down.

BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma alleged that her one tweet with more than 1200 retweets, which had criticised Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for sending a pregnant woman in his place to the Parliamentary committee, was later showing 505 tweets.


When we checked the tweet ourselves, we found the number of retweets on that tweet had come down even further to 211 at 3.30 PM.

The same allegation was made by several users on Twitter, many of them prominent right-wing names.


Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s account was also not immune to this mysterious act of vanishing retweets, which was spotted by several people. One tweet by the PM saw the number of RTs and likes going down from 1661 and 5871 to 402 and 1480 respectively in just 3 minutes.


Of course, it is not that retweets and likes are mysteriously going down only, they are going up also for some people. This video posted on Twitter shows a drastic change in retweets and likes on a Tweet by Congress president Rahul Gandhi.


The number of retweets suddenly increases to 1798 from 37, while the number of likes is shown as 5411 at first, then it comes down to 160, and then again reaches 5416.

It is not known whether it is happening due to motivated acts by Twitter or due to a bug in their software. Numerous people have tagged Twitter in their tweets, but the company has not responded yet.

Akhilesh Yadav was stopped as per request by the University: CM Yogi defends action after Yadav’s ‘detention’ allegations

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Akhilesh Yadav was stopped as per request by the University: CM Yogi defends action after Yadav’s ‘detention’ allegations

Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav was today reportedly stopped at the Lucknow airport by security officials from visiting Prayagraj and participating in the student union program slated to be held at the Allahabad University. UP CM Yogi Adityanath has now come out and defended his government’s move to stop Yadav from addressing the student union function.


Yogi contended that the Samajwadi Party chief was stopped from visiting the city of Prayagraj because his government had inputs that there might arise a problem of law and order in the city on Akhilesh’s visit there. He referred that the University itself had requested him that the Akhilesh visit could cause a dispute among the warring student organizations here and the law and order situation might get worsened. In such a situation, the government stopped him from going to Allahabad University.

Akhilesh Yadav was stopped at the Lucknow airport from where he was supposed to board a flight to Prayagraj and address a student union organisation at Allahabad University there. The former UP CM was headed to Allahabad University where his party’s students’ wing, the Samajwadi Party Chhatrasabha, leads the student’s union.

Yadav went ahead to claim that Yogi Adityanath is terrified and hence stopped him from participating in the student union event. BSP chief and Akhilesh’s former foe-turned-friend Mayawati has also joined in slamming the UP government.


However, a letter by the University administration, addressed to the personal secretary of the SP chief was accessed by Republic TV which mentions clearly that the University administration had decided not to allow political leaders to address events inside the campus due to past instances of violence. The letter was sent yesterday.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath also mentioned that Yadav was stopped as per the request by the University. He added that the grand festival of Kumbh is going on in the city of Prayagraj where Yadav had recently visited to have Darshan and the holy dip at the Triveni Sangam. However, his visit to the University was a political visit and his government had received input that it might cause law and order situation.

Another letter by the district magistrate of Prayagraj accessed by Republic also mentioned that the university administration had requested not to allow any political leaders to address events in the campus due to past instances of violence and law and order situations. He had instructed police officials to take steps to prevent the political event being addressed by Akhilesh Yadav.

The Prayagrajj SSP Nitin Tiwari claimed that necessary approvals were not sought by the Samajwadi Party chief from the University administration and hence he was stopped.

He left NDA for his own political survival, now blaming NDA to cover his own failures : Amit Shah slams Chandrababu Naidu in open letter

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He left NDA for his own political survival, now blaming NDA to cover his own failures : Amit Shah slams Chandrababu Naidu in open letter

BJP President Amit Shah has written an open letter to the people of Andhra Pradesh following CM Chandrababu Naidu’s allegations against the NDA which were followed by some personal remarks against Prime Minister Modi.

Shah came down heavily on Naidu for not just making personal remarks against the PM but also lacking the courtesy to receive the PM when he visited Andhra Pradesh. Shah wrote: “He is going too far by personally attacking Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, and even did not have the courtesy to receive the Hon’ble Prime Minister when he came to the state.”

Shah accused Naidu of betraying the people of Andhra Pradesh by supporting Congress, the very same party against which his father-in-law N T Rama Rao had founded the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

“In his lust for power, the TDP leader has destroyed the very anti-Congress foundation on which the party was built by its founder, Shri N T Rama Rao. Congress betrayed the people of Andhra Pradesh while dividing the state and now TDP leader wants to work for bringing back Congress to power. His actions smack of political opportunism.”

The BJP President went on and said that Naidu had severed ties with the NDA for his own political benefit and he was blaming the Centre for his own failure of not implementing the populist promises he had made to the people of Andhra.

“Ever since he had snapped ties with NDA for his own political survival, he has been letting loose a deluge of disinformation against the NDA government. In a bid to cover up his own failures and inability to implement the populist promises made by him to the people, he has been blaming the Centre without any rhyme or reason.”

Shah questioned the UPA for not including the provision of ‘Special Category Status’ (SCS) in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. Shah said that Naidu does not have the moral right to criticise the Central government.

“Had there been even an iota of sincerity towards the people of Andhra Pradesh, UPA would have included the provision of ‘Special Category Status’ in AP Reorganization Act. Similarly, why did it not facilitate speedier implementation of Polavaram project by transferring the seven Mandals located in Khammam district to Andhra Pradesh? Why did it not promulgate an ordinance in this regard? Let Shri Naidu and the Congress answer the above questions before accusing anybody. Till then, they have no moral right to criticize the Central Government”, Shah wrote.

Shah did not even spare the media for helping Naidu spread his “false propaganda”. He reminded Naidu that the same Congress party had dismissed his father-in-law N T Rama Rao in 1984.

“Now with the support of a section of willing media, he has been indulging in false propaganda at all forums and virtually made the TDP subservient to the Congress. The TDP leader joined hands with a party which had imposed Emergency and had dismissed his father-in-law—the popularly elected Telugu Desam founder and former Chief Minister, Shri  N T Rama Rao in 1984.”

Regarding Naidu’s demand of SCS for Andhra Pradesh, Shah said that the Central government had worked out special assistance for the State with the State government as 14th Finance Commission recommendations did not distinguish between special and general category states for financial support and tax devolution.

“As regards granting Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh, the Centre has been constrained by the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission, which did not make a distinction between special and general category states for financial support and tax devolution. As a result, the Centre in consultation with the state Government worked out special assistance for AP. The Central Government has agreed to give a special assistance measure for Andhra Pradesh for five years, which would make up for the additional Central share the state might have received during these years, i.e. 2015-16 to 2019-20, as envisaged in the then Prime Minister’s statement dated 20.2.2014”, his letter mentioned.

He listed out various development projects of the Central government which are underway in the State. He concluded by accusing Naidu of breaking the trust of the people and expressed faith in the truth.

“In the end, I would like to say to all of you that Shri Chandrababu Naidu has broken the trust of the people of Andhra Pradesh. His delusional politics is about to end. Our full faith and belief is in ‘सत्यमेवजयते’. Let us jointly contribute to the development of Andhra Pradesh and India.”

Shah had written a detailed open letter to Naidu earlier when he had exited the NDA.

Naidu, who is in Delhi currently organising a protest against the central government, has stated that the central government is hitting him “below the belt” and they (PM and Amit Shah) have to “maintain the decorum”.

It is notable here that Naidu’s Delhi protests faced condemnations yesterday after derogatory posters mocking the Prime Minister’s humble familial backgrounds were displayed by the TDP.

Chhattisgarh: Congress government removes Pt Deendayal Upadhyay, puts Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi names in schemes

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Chhattisgarh: Congress government removes Pt Deendayal Upadhyay, puts Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi names in schemes

In a display of loyalty towards the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, the newly-formed Congress government in Chhattisgarh has renamed several schemes named after late Jan Sangh leader Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya by the previous BJP government with names of former Congress leaders Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.

The Chhattisgarh Congress government has renamed four out of five schemes introduced by the previous BJP regime with either Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi, while one scheme has been renamed in the honour of the architect of the Indian Constitution Dr. B.R.Ambedkar.

As per the order, Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Swavlamban Yojna has been renamed as Rajiv Gandhi Swavlamban Yojna while Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Sarvasamaj Manglik Bhavan Yojna will now be known as Dr. B R Ambedkar Sarvasamaj Manglik Bhavan Yojna, an official said. The official added that order to rename the schemes was issued on Monday night by the state government.

Similarly, Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya LED Path Prakash Yojna has been rechristened as Indira Priyadarshini LED Path Prakash Yojna, Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Ajivika Kendra (livelihood center) Yojna is now Rajiv Gandhi Ajivika Kendra Yojna while Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Shuddh Peyjal (clean drinking water) Yojna has been named as Indira Priyadarshini Shudhh Peyjal Yojna, he added.

However, the opposition party, BJP has expressed its unhappiness over renaming of the schemes, stating that the step indicated “political vindictiveness”. The former chief minister and senior BJP leader Raman Singh said they would protest against the government’s move during the ongoing session of the Chhattisgarh Assembly.

“The state government deliberately rechristened schemes named after Pt Deendayal Upadhyayaji on his death anniversary, which was observed on Monday (February 11). This reflects Congress’ mentality,” Singh said in a statement.

He further asked whether the incumbent Congress government had done anything to make these schemes better. “Without making any new provisions, they have just renamed the schemes which clearly indicates that it’s a new episode of ‘Badlapur’ (vindictive politics),” he alleged.

It may be noted that during the long rule of Congress in the center in various states, thousands of schemes and institutions were named after members of the Gandhi family. This includes awards, national parks, educational institutions including an IIM, sports stadiums, apart from numerous government schemes. After Congress losing power in most of the states, few of them have been renamed, but most still remain.

JNU Ph.D Scholar claims professor forced him to project Hindi as a ‘Communal Language’

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JNU Ph.D Scholar claims professor forced him to project Hindi as a ‘Communal Language’

A 35-year-old research scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has approached the Delhi High Court accusing his professor of forcing him to carry out his research to endorse a view that Hindi is a ‘communal language’, reported The Indian Express.

Ashutosh Kumar Roy, pursuing a PhD at the Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences at JNU has alleged that his professor “arbitrarily” suggested him to change the course of his research to state that Hindi is a ‘communal language’ and demanded him to endorse the same.

Justice C Hari Shankar of the Delhi High Court heard the petition, issued a notice to the JNU and the associate professor in question while directing them to file their responses by April 23. While seeking to enforce his fundamental right under the Constitution, the petitioner had sought directions to the university to assign him a PhD Supervisor for grant of registration in the Winter Semester 2019.

Dibyanshu Pandey, the counsel representing Roy, has filed a petition seeking an inquiry into the denial of registration by JNU and its authorities to carry out research pertaining to research on ‘Hindi Public Sphere (1870-1970): Debates on Nationalism’, which deconstructs significant prevailing ideas pertaining to the Hindi language.

The petition contends that the acting supervisor’s and others’ actions “coax the petitioner to carry out motivated research against the Hindi language, against stalwarts of Hindi language, and the arbitrary denial of permission to pursue PhD is a blatant violation of his fundamental rights as well as university rules”.

The petitioner also states that after his previous research supervisor left, his requests to grant a new supervisor did not receive any reply from the university authorities. Roy says he continued his work without any supervision and submitted his PhD synopsis last year, which was approved by faculty members with some verbal suggestions for changes.

However, upon submission of the work to the Committee for Advanced Studies and Research, a professor allegedly derided the pro-Hindi nature of the work and stated, “There is no place for such pro-Hindi research in JNU! You better go to Delhi University….and idolise Bhartendu Harishchandra!”.

Deccan Aviation owner GR Gopinath in CBI’s radar for his alleged role in Mallya loan fraud case

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Deccan Aviation owner GR Gopinath in CBI’s radar for his alleged role in Mallya loan fraud case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has put the Deccan Aviation Ltd (DAL) founder, GR Gopinath under the scanner for his alleged role in the debt default by fugitive economic offender Vijay Mallya.

According to sources, the CBI is scrutinizing Gopinath’s role in signing the ‘instruments’ through which the ‘diversion’ of loans from the State Bank of India was allegedly caused. He is also said to be in the agency’s radar for the ‘diversion of funds’ through Axis Bank accounts.

However, Gopinath has been unavailable for comments and despite multiple attempts to reach out to him, he remains irresponsive.

Incidentally, when the loans were disbursed to Kingfisher Airlines, Gopinath was one of the directors of the airlines. He joined the board after selling Air Deccan to Mallya in 2007.

Gopinath is being inspected with regards to a loan of Rs 340 crore sanctioned by SBI to Deccan Aviation. He had signed the instruments of diversion, as per the investigation. He was the authorised signatory for DAL.

Also, a payment of Rs 30 crore by Kingfisher Airlines to Gopinath in February 2008 is being examined. This payment reportedly coincided with the disbursement of Rs 29.96 crore by SBI to Kingfisher Airlines on February 1, 2008.

The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) in its 2017 report, had also disputed this particular payment of Rs 30 crore by KAL to Gopinath contending that the ‘non-compete fee’ was given without disclosing it to stakeholders or the high court.

A number of suspects, apart from Mallya, that include top Kingfisher Airlines executives, senior bank officials and a former Reserve Bank of India deputy governor were brought under the scanner by the investigative agency, but it is still undecided as to whose name would appear in the yet to be filed chargesheet.

Vijay Mallya is wanted by investigating agencies in India on the charges of Money Laundering, Fraud and violation of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). His Kingfisher airlines owe around ₹9,000 crore of debt to creditors, and Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) has attached a significant amount of properties belonging to Mallya.

Recently the UK home secretary signed the order to extradite fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya to India. In December last year, the Westminster Magistrates’ Court had ordered the extradition of liquor baron Vijay Mallya after a trial that lasted over a year, and the decision was pending with the UK government.

Vijay Mallya will soon join the bandwagon of several high-value extradited individuals that India has been successful in expatriating from various foreign countries in the recent past.

Karnataka: Speaker asks Kumaraswamy govt to form an SIT to probe alleged ‘poaching’ tapes

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Karnataka: Speaker asks Kumaraswamy govt to form an SIT to probe alleged ‘poaching’ tapes

Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy, on Friday, had released an audiotape, accusing BJP of luring its leaders in lieu of money and ministerial berths. The alleged tapes also involved the name of the assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar, prompting him to order a SIT into the matter on Monday, when the house was convened.

CM Kumaraswamy had reportedly written a letter to KR Ramesh, informing him that the discussions in the audio tape regarding him are disrespectful of his position. When the tapes came to discussion in the house, the speaker expressed shock over the matter and said that it has hurt him deeply. BJP’s JC Madhuswamy said that as the alleged conversation in the tape has taken place outside the house, it should not be a business of state assembly to discuss it.

While the state government agreed on the SIT, BJP leaders demanded a probe by a judicial or a House committee. The audio tapes, released by CM, claiming that the conversation is between JD(S) MLA Naganagowda Kandukar’as son Sharna Gouda and BJP MLA Shivanagouda Nayak. The latter’s alleged voice can be heard offering Rs 25 crore and a minister’s post to JD(S) leader, in order to topple the state government. In the same tape, the name of assembly speaker also allegedly popped up, as an alleged voice of Nayak is heard saying that “all arrangements have been made for (speaker) Ramesh Kumar to accept the resignations when the number of MLAs reaches 15. The money has been fed to him.”

Another tape was also released by CM, in which the alleged conversation can be heard between Sharna Gouda, BJP state president Yeddyurappa and MLA Nayak.

Karnataka BJP has called the audiotape doctored.


“To my misfortune, a person named me and said if anybody is willing to resign I will accept their resignation because I have taken Rs 50 crore. They have said courts will be fixed and the PM has also been named. This is not a good development.” Speaker was quoted by reports. He also said that judicial probe, that BJP is demanding, will take time and so recommended formations of a SIT to monitor the allegations, and submit a report within 15 days.

The speaker, in addition to this also expressed his confidence in BJP leader Yeddyurappa and said that he was not the person who made the statement in tape. But, he added, that it needs to be unearthed that which lawmaker of the house, made such allegations.

On Friday, CM Kumaraswamy presented the State Budget and will face voting on 15th February. The party is witnessing a crisis as several of its coalition MLAs have rebelled openly and refused to show up on important party meeting and session. On voting day, BJP is expected to demand the division of votes, making it mandatory for JD(S)-Congress alliance to prove the numbers on the floor.

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