JD-S claims Yeddyurappa’s sons run trust to make money
March 9th, 2011 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangalore, March 9 (IANS) The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Wednesday claimed that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s sons were doling out favours in return for money for a trust run by them.
“Yeddyurappa’s family made illegal gains of over Rs.27 crore through donations to the trust run by his sons,” former Karnataka chief minister and JD-S Lok Sabha member H.D. Kumaraswamy told reporters in New Delhi.
He released ‘documents’ to support his claim. The ‘documents’ were also circulated to the media in Bangalore by the party.
Kumaraswamy said donations were made to the trust in the last two years “in return for favours” by Yeddyurappa’s sons B.Y. Raghavendra, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Karnataka, and B.Y. Vijayendra.
He alleged that these “donations were collected by Yeddyurappa’s sons by favouring a realty firm and a steel manufacturing company”.
Kumaraswamy said Yeddyurappa and his sons had ensured no action was taken against the real estate developer “though he had encroached tanks (water bodies)” in Bangalore.
The JD-S leader’s new charge against Yeddyurappa came after a gap of several weeks.
The JD-S had taken the lead in releasing documents in October-November last year, alleging Yeddyurappa favoured his kin with prime land in and around Bangalore and indulging in large-scale denotification of government land to favour people who invested money in his sons’ business ventures.
A Bangalore court is hearing five complaints of corruption and illegal land dealings against Yeddyurappa, his sons and other relatives.
The complaints were filed by two advocates in January after Governor H.R. Bhardwaj granted sanction to prosecute Yedddyurappa over the charges.
The court is yet to decide whether to take cognizance of the complaints.
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