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Denying allegations of land-grab by his family, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has volunteered to look immoderate inquiry.
Making a connection successful the Legislative Assembly present connected Friday, Mr. Byre Gowda appealed to the Speaker to bid a probe by a suitable bureau aft consulting Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Minister.
Leader of the Opposition successful the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy had alleged that the Revenue Minister grabbed authorities onshore astatine Garudanapalya successful Kolar district.
From Mysuru rulers
The Minister said that the onshore primitively belonged to Mysore rulers. His grandfather, Chowde Gowda, had got the onshore for a lease of 10 years from the spot successful the sanction of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Trust successful 1953. However, adjacent arsenic the lease was successful effect, the archetypal owners sold the onshore to Habeebulla Khan successful 1959. Chowde Gowda questioned the merchantability of onshore and yet it was resolved done a compromise.
“Since 1953, our household has been successful possession of 256 acres of onshore astatine Garudanapalya, a colony that belonged to 1 family. The onshore consists of 2 tanks, which are intact. Not adjacent an inch of vessel is encroached upon. When I traced the onshore records, astatine 1 signifier a information of 20 acres of onshore had been mentioned arsenic a tank, which is against the quality of the onshore and the survey records. And, we got the full onshore done an implicit merchantability deed, and determination was nary question of encroaching connected authorities land,” helium stated, adding his gramps got the onshore earlier helium was adjacent born.
Due to strict stance
Further, helium opined that the allegations against him whitethorn beryllium owed to his strict stance with respect to his department.
“People who were affected by my enactment mightiness beryllium down the allegations. However, fto determination beryllium an enquiry by whichever agency, and I volition judge the outcome,” helium said.
The Minister besides invited the Speaker and the Leader of the Opposition to sojourn the onshore and verify.
Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok suggested a suitable enquiry into the allegation truthful that the substance could beryllium clarified.
