Bengaluru, Sep 12: The BJP on Monday announced a statewide agitation demanding the resignation of Bengaluru Development Minister K J George, in the wake of Supreme Court ordering a CBI probe into the death of DySP M K Ganapathy.
“On September 16, all of the party’s legislators and parliamentarians will stage a satyagraha in Bengaluru and other district centres. Our fight will continue till George resigns,” BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa told a press conference. “It’s been a week since the Supreme Court ordered a CBI probe into Ganapathy’s death and George is yet to resign. The two IPS officers are also in service,” he said.
George has ruled out resigning by saying that a CBI probe did not necessitate his quitting.
Ganapathy, before he was found hanging in July 2016, had named George and two other IPS officers in an interview to a local news channel. “George resigned in July 2016 only to be inducted as a minister again in September the same year after the CID gave him a clean chit. But the Supreme Court has made serious observations that the CID did not do a proper job,” Yeddyurappa said.
The saffron party is also going for George’s jugular, holding him responsible for the rain-related mess in Bengaluru. “George says Rs 700 crore had been spent on desilting and construction of drains, Rs 900 crore for road repairs and potholes. Now, he says another Rs 300 crore will be spent. But what happened to the money spent earlier? George is unfit to be a minister and must resign,” Yeddyurappa said.
Yeddyurappa further defended his party’s corporators when asked why the city was in a mess despite 100 of them being elected in the BBMP Council. “They are also responsible and they have been doing their bit. But (Congress) are doing whatever they feel like.”
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