Bhovi Development Board President resigns after facing accusations of taking commissions
Bengaluru: S Ravikumar, President of the Bhovi Development Board, resigned from his post following allegations that he had taken commission from beneficiaries of the land ownership scheme.
Sources have said that Ravikumar, stating on Wednesday that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah directed him to quit as the president of the Board in the backdrop of the allegations, submitted his resignation to the CM on Thursday.
He has reportedly stated in his resignation that he had executed the government schemes as head of the Board and clarified that no irregularities had taken place during his tenure.
He appreciated that investigation agencies are probing such acts that occurred during the previous government’s term. Ravikumar that he had been a victim of propaganda for having brought to light irregularities that had occurred in the Board earlier and added that attempts were being made to tarnish his image. He is learned to have also requested the CM to ensure that comprehensive investigation is carried out and action is taken against the guilty in the matter of the Board.
He reportedly urged Siddaramaiah in his letter to get cyber police and the Forensic Science Laboratory teams to investigate the issue.
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee moves SC against SIR
New Delhi (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the state, sources said on Sunday.
The petition names the Election Commission (EC) and the chief electoral officer of West Bengal as respondents. It was filed before the apex court on January 28, the sources said.
Banerjee arrived in Delhi on Sunday. She is scheduled to meet Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar at 4 pm on Monday to discuss the ongoing SIR exercise in West Bengal. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo would be accompanied by a delegation of party leaders.
She is also likely to meet party MPs in the Parliament House on Monday.
Talking to reporters at the Kolkata airport before leaving for the national capital, Banerjee claimed that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre is resorting to the SIR exercise because it is certain of its imminent defeat in the West Bengal Assembly polls, due in a few months, and said the saffron party should contest the election politically and democratically.
The West Bengal chief minister has written several letters to the CEC, raising concerns over the conduct of the exercise.
In her most recent letter to the CEC on January 31, she alleged that the methodology and approach of the exercise went beyond the provisions of the Representation of the People Act and the relevant rules, causing "immense inconvenience and agony" to citizens.
Earlier, TMC leaders, including Rajya Sabha MPs Derek O'Brien and Dola Sen, had moved the apex court, challenging certain aspects of how the SIR is being carried out in West Bengal.
