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Refusing to retreat its night-long dharna, the BJP members continued their protestation successful the Assembly connected the past time of the league connected Wednesday seeking resignation of Excise Minister R.B. Thimmapur implicit alleged bribery ungraded successful his department.
As soon arsenic the House met connected Wednesday morning, the BJP and the JD(S) members trouped into the good of the House and resumed their dharna. They raised slogans against the Minister and the government.
Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok expressed disappointment implicit the Minister not tendering his resignation contempt “providing evidence” successful the signifier of an audio signaling of a speech betwixt the lawsuit and the Excise authoritative connected alleged bribery; and a ailment being filed earlier the Lokayukta by the affected person.
“To uphold morality and guarantee accountability, the Minister should instantly resign and let an impartial probe,” helium argued.
Training his guns connected Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, helium said, “If the Chief Minister fails to inquire the Minister to quit, past radical of the State volition commencement wondering if helium excessively has a stock successful the corruption scandal.”
He alleged that the wealth from the Excise Department had been sent for maintaining the Congress’ predetermination expenses successful different States. “In information Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar is successful complaint of Assam and Energy Minister K.J. George is successful complaint of Kerala for the Congress,” helium said, alleging that “Karnataka has go not ATM, but RBI for the Congress precocious command.”
He wondered wherefore the authorities had taken enactment against lone a lower-level Excise authoritative who had asked the applicant to conscionable the Chief Minister and his lad to get a caller licence, but spared the higher authoritative who had intelligibly indicated the request to wage bribes to get a caller licence.
