At a time the central agencies are working hard to fix Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the infamous `MUDA scam’, in a counter strategy Karnataka government is making hectic moves to lock BJP stalwart and former chief minister BS Yediyurappa in a Rs 2,000 crore graft case during his regime.
Targeting previous Yediyurappa government, Siddaramaiah alleged that a corruption of over Rs 2,000 crore had taken place in the purchase of medical equipment during the Covid-19 period. He also announced that his government will take action once the Justice John Michael D’Cunha Commission formed to probe the allegations submits its report.
“During the Corona period, there was a scam of more than Rs 2,000 crores. There was a lot of corruption in the purchase of healthcare materials, a commission headed by retired Justice Michael Cunha was formed, but the report is not yet in hand,” he said.
Siddaramaiah further noted that as the Leader of the Opposition, he had raised the issue in the state assembly. Meanwhile, on Saturday, state minister Dinesh Gundu Rao claimed that the Commission has clearly indicated Yediyurappa and former health minister B. Sriramulu.
“There are many other aspects of the report which I don’t want to talk about. I can say whatever is there in the report is true. It clearly shows that during the crisis of Covid, the BJP government was using it to loot the state and the allegations we were talking about then have come true,” Rao said.
Rao dismissed the BJP’s allegations of “political vendetta” and said the Commission had taken more than one and a half years to come up with the report.“This is not an overnight decision. It has nothing to do with us. It’s a serious allegation with clear evidence given of how it was done. He can fight it out legally,” he added.