Did not expect important portfolio like Home: Karnataka's new Home Minister Araga Jnanendra
Bengaluru: Newly appointed Home Minister of Karnataka Araga Jnanendra on Saturday said he had not expected to get an important portfolio like Home as a minister in the CM Basavaraj Bommai’s newly formed cabinet of ministers.
Speaking to reporters in Shettykoppa in the district, he said no portfolio is big or small and it depends on the minister and his dedication with which he fulfills his duty.
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“I did not anticipate of bait for any particular ministry or portfolio. Whichever portfolio they would give, I would’ve done my best to fulfill my duties. But I did not expect to get the as important a portfolio as Home” he said.
He further added that the CM Bommai and Yediyurappa and leaped faith in him and that he would be committed to his duties and not disappoint them.
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Activist Snehamayi Krishna moves HC seeking CBI probe into MUDA scam
Bengaluru, Mar 4 (PTI): Activist Snehamayi Krishna on Tuesday moved the Karnataka High Court challenging the single judge order refusing a CBI investigation against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the MUDA site allotment scam.
In his fresh petition, he appealed to the court to set aside the February 7 order passed by Justice M Nagaprasanna, who refused the CBI probe into the matter.
Krishna approached the High Court after the Lokayukta police gave a clean chit to Siddaramaiah and his family members in the MUDA site allotment case recently.
Krishna had been apprehensive about the impartial probe by the Lokayukta police.
In his petition earlier in the High Court, Krishna had contended that an impartial investigation is not possible since Siddaramaiah, being the chief minister, wields immense power and influence over the state departments, especially the state investigating agencies such as the police authorities and the Karnataka Lokayukta police.
Dismissing his petition on February 7, Justice Nagaprasanna said, "The material on record on its perusal nowhere indicates that the investigation conducted by the Lokayukta is partisan, lopsided or shoddy for this court to refer the matter to the CBI for further investigation or reinvestigation. As a result the petition would necessarily meet its dismissal and is accordingly dismissed."
Siddaramaiah, his wife, brother-in-law B M Mallikarjuna Swamy, Devaraju -- from whom Swamy had purchased a land and gifted it to Parvathi -- and others have been named in the FIR registered by the Lokayukta police establishment, located in Mysuru on September 27, 2024, following the order of the Special Court that exclusively deals with criminal cases related to former and elected MPs/MLAs.
