I won't fall prey to Operation Lotus: MLA B Nagendra
Bengaluru: "No BJP leaders have contacted me and I will not fall prey to Operation Lotus strategy of the BJP", said Ballari rural MLA B Nagendra.
Speaking to reporters at the Vidhana Soudha here on Wednesday, the MLA said that "no lotus will come to me. Earlier, I had once elected on BJP ticket. Now I am in Congress and I will not desert the Congress", he said.
"I have replied to all notices served by the party. It was true that he was unhappy about some issues. We have asked the party high command to give ticket to local candidate in the by-elections to Ballari Lok Sabha constituency. But the party has given ticket to Ugrappa", he said.
"I was expecting ministerial post. But I didn't get the chance. I held discussion with the party leaders who have promised me of considering me in future. For my personal work, I have gone Mumbai. I have not visited my constituency for the last six months. I will be available in my constituency", he said.
He would speak to CLP leader Siddaramaiah over complaint on disqualification of his MLA position, he said.
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21 hours raid fetch nothing for ED, claims Karnataka Cong MLA’s son
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris' son Mohammed Haris Nalapad on Tuesday claimed that the 21 hours of search by the ED in his house and other locations did not fetch anything.
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday raided the premises of the two sons of Haris (Mohammed Haris Nalapad and Omar Farook Nalapad), Aqeeb Khan, grandson of ex-Union cabinet minister K Rahman Khan and an alleged crypto hacker named Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki in a crypto currency-linked money laundering case.
More than a dozen premises in the city have been covered as part of the action executed under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
"My grandfather is 89-year-old. There is not a single bad mark. My father (N A Haris) is a four-time MLA. There is not a single accusation against him. Their only intention was to target myself and my brother. As simple as that," Mohammed Nalapad, who is a former Karnataka Youth Congress president, told reporters.
According to him, the ED officials carried out raids for 21 hours.
"After 21 hours of search, they took away only two mobile phones from our house. They did not get a single paisa. The ED will testify it," the Congress leader said.
Exuding faith in the law, he said he is ready to fight the case in court.
"Me and my father have opted for politics and we are in public life. You can call me whatever you want but I have not done anything wrong," Mohammed Nalapad said.
Regarding his relationship with Sriki, he said he knew him but had no clue what he was doing.
"I have never said that either me or my brother do not know Sriki. But how will I know what he does in his house? Can his crimes be linked to us," he asked.
The money laundering case stems from some Karnataka Police FIRs and chargesheets filed in a 2017 case of hacking of national and international websites, stealing of bitcoins and sale of these 'stolen' virtual digital assets (VDA) through crypto platforms by the alleged hacker Sriki and his associates.
The Nalapad brothers and Aqeeb Khan are alleged to be the beneficiaries of the proceeds of crime generated through this alleged crypto-linked crime, the ED said.
