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Too early to react to Lokayukta's report: BJP

Source: PTI
July 21, 2011 12:20 IST
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday said it was too early to react to the Karnataka Lokayukta's report on illegal mining, which has indicted Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, and asked the Congress to first take action against those named in the Shunglu Committee and Delhi Lokayukta reports.

"The Shunglu Committee had indicted the Sheila Dikshit government in the Commonwealth Games and the Delhi Lokayukta had recommended to the President that action should be taken against her minister Rajkumar Chauhan in the Tivoli Garden case. Nothing has been done in these two cases. The Congress should first respond to those," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.

He said the party will wait for the report on illegal mining in the state to be made public before expressing its reaction.

Lokayukta Santosh Hegde has recommended a probe into Yeddyurappa's role and that of his four ministerial colleagues in the illegal mining racket in the state.

The report, which is to be submitted soon, has also sought an investigation into the role of former chief minister and Janata Dal - Secular leader H D Kumaraswamy and Congress Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Anil Lad.

Sources have said the four ministers who were named in the report are G Janardhana Reddy, G Karunakara Reddy, B Sriramulu, all hailing from the mineral-rich Bellary district, and V Somanna.

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