Accusing Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj of foisting cases against B.S. Yeddyurappa, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari has said the CM has not committed any “illegal act” in allotment of plots even though denotifying land in favour of his son was “immoral” and “not proper.”
Commenting on Mr Bhar-dwaj’s decision to sanction prosecution against Mr Yeddyurappa, Mr Gadkari, who is in China on a five-day visit, told the Indian media here that denotification of land is the privilege of the CM, which was exercised by many of Mr Yeddyurappa’s predecessors.
“Denotification of land is privilege and right of chief minister given by law. Nothing is wrong with it. Before Yeddyurappa, H.D. Kumarasamy, Dharma Singh and S.M. Krishna exercised it several times. Governor has not taken action against them because they belonged to Congress Party,” he said.
If it is illegal why the government has not taken action against the previous chief ministers? he asked.
—PTI