BENGALURU: Karnataka Congress unit president DK Shivakumar on Monday alleged that senior BJP minister CN Ashwath Narayan's shut member of the family was concerned within the police sub-inspector (PSI) recruitment rip-off and accepted cash from three candidates from Magadi taluk to make sure their choice.
Ashwath Narayan termed the allegation baseless and stated his public life has been "extraordinarily clear". Shivakumar, quoting reviews, stated the minister's brother is concerned within the rip-off.
He stated: "In response to my data, it's not his brother however a relative. It's topic to verification, although." He added that three candidates from a taluk have been chosen and their village is aware of they needed to promote their properties to pay the bribe.
He stated many leaders have been calling him with requests to hush up the matter. "Many callers requested me to not point out the minister's identify as they stated he's a possible chief ministerial candidate and mere mentioning of his identify would spoil his probability," stated Shivakumar referring to Narayan. "One of many callers was a frontrunner from Mandya. You possibly can confirm my name file."
He stated the daddy of a candidate among the many three has been bedridden and one was capable of get launched from the police custody by utilizing the affect of highly effective individuals. "I do not know who these highly effective individuals are. I do not need to speak about them. What's necessary is to see how truthfully the CID will probe the case," he added. Requested why wasn't he taking the identify of Narayan, Shivakumar sarcastically stated: "I am fearful of him."
Former Congress MP VS Ugrappa alleged that a candidate had paid Rs 80 lakh in bribe within the recruitment rip-off. Two different candidates have additionally been arrested and the minister was conserving quiet on all of the three candidates.
Opposition chief Siddaramaiah urged chief minister Basavaraj Bommai to sack him from the cupboard.
Whereas admitting that Satish - whose identify is talked about by Congress - is his brother, Narayan stated his household had no acquaintance with one of many candidates talked about within the allegation. "My public life has been extraordinarily clear. My political enemies have hatched a conspiracy in opposition to me and timed it with our chief Amit Shah's go to to Bengaluru," he added.
Referring to Shivakumar's assertion on a Mandya chief calling him a possible chief ministerial candidate, Narayan stated it exhibits that the conspirators have been concerned in match-fixing.