BJP does not know anything other than 'Operation' to come to power: CM Siddaramaiah
Vijayapura (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said the BJP does not know anything other than 'Operation' to come to power.
Taking a dig at former chief minister Jagadish Shettar and BJP state president B Y Vijayendra's statements that many Congress leaders will join the saffron party, the Chief Minister alleged the BJP knows how to buy MLAs by paying them money.
"They (BJP) don't know anything other than 'Operation'. You know the meaning of Operation? It means buying people by paying them money. They cannot come to power by winning the trust of voters. They just pay money (to the public representatives) and buy them," Siddaramaiah said.
Shettar recently returned to the BJP after spending less than a year in the Congress. The staunch RSS man had joined the Congress party when the BJP denied him a ticket in the Assembly elections last year.
The Chief Minister alleged that the BJP came to power twice in the past through 'Operation Lotus' when B S Yediyurappa and Basavaraj Bommai were the chief ministers.
According to him, the BJP in Karnataka has been coming to power through 'Operation' since 2008.
"When did the BJP get a full majority in the state? Did they ever win with absolute majority, be it in 2008, 2013 or 2018? Never. The Congress, on the other hand, won with a majority in 2013 and 2023. The Congress comes to power with people's mandate. They (BJP) come to power through 'Operation'," the Chief Minister alleged.
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New application filed in SC against Adani group over US indictment
New Delhi: A fresh application has been submitted to the Supreme Court of India, seeking the inclusion of key documents related to the recent US indictment of the Adani Group. Filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari, the petition aims to introduce two critical pieces of evidence into an ongoing case related to the Adani Group's financial practices.
The first document is a formal US court indictment accusing Gautam Adani, his relative Sagar Adani, and other company executives of orchestrating a massive bribery scheme to secure solar energy contracts worth billions of dollars in India. The indictment alleges that over $250 million in bribes were paid to Indian government officials to obtain these lucrative contracts.
The second document is a complaint from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which accuses the Adani Group of securities fraud. The SEC alleges that Adani executives misled investors to raise funds for these solar projects, despite knowing that part of the capital was linked to corrupt activities.
This development follows the US Attorney's Office's recent charges against the Adani executives, who are accused of masterminding a bribery scheme to secure power supply contracts with state-run utilities in India. The contracts were expected to yield up to $2 billion in profits over two decades.
These charges come amid an ongoing investigation by India's Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) into the Adani Group, after allegations of stock manipulation and market irregularities surfaced, particularly following the release of the Hindenburg Report in early 2023. The new US legal documents could play a crucial role in strengthening the investigation into the Adani Group's business operations.
