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Ivan D’Souza threatens to file Rs 300-cr defamation suit against 3 BJP leaders

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October 12, 2017

Mangaluru, Oct 12: Congress leader and chief whip of the government in the Legislative Council Ivan D’Souza has threatened to file a defamation suit for Rs 300 crore in damages against three legislators from BJP for levelling baseless allegations against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

BJP MLC and former minister B J Puttaswamy, former BJP MLC Go Madhusudhan and MLA Ravi Subrahmanya had stated that CM had mislead courts to get 6 acre and 26 guntas of land in Bhoopsandra (RMV II Stage) in Bengaluru denotified.

Briefing media persons here on Wednesday, D’Souza said that the BJP leaders have been engaged in levelling false allegations against Chief Minister and State government.

“I am pained by such false allegations. Hence, I have decided to file a defamation suit against the three legislators in the local court in Mangaluru within a day or two. I have already spoken to legal experts in this regard,” D’Souza added.

Puttaswamy claimed that the denotification had resulted in a loss of Rs 300 crore to the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). Which is why I will file the suit,” he said.

Stating that he has verified all the documents pertaining to the denotification of the land, he said that all the proceedings are as per the High Court and Supreme Court order. The chief minister had no role in denotifying it, D’Souza reiterated.

“I am confident that my government has not committed any mistake. The BDA acquired the said land in 1978. As the land was not used for the purpose it was acquired, the owners had approached the courts to denotify it. The court had ordered the BDA to return the land to its original owners. Hence, the question of interference by the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah does not arise,” he said adding levelling false allegations is the only agenda of the BJP.

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July 2,2020

Bengaluru, July 2: Congress leader and seven-time MLA D K Shivakumar today took charge as the president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress committee in the presence of senior leaders of the party.

The formal was held at the KPCC office in Bengaluru. The ceremony is said to be a first of its kind in the country as 10 lakh people from the remotest corners of the state — 462 blocks and 6,000 gram panchayats and municipalities across 7,800 locations —witnessed it online.

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