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By PTI - BANGALORE
23rd June 2012 10:47 AM
Karnataka Law minister S Suresh Kumar resigned today after charges surfaced that he secured a residential site in violation of rules, but Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda rejected it saying there was no wrongdoing on his part.
Kumar submitted his resignation to Gowda on 'moral grounds' and wrote to Bangalore Development Authority, surrendering the site allotted to him under the Chief Minister's discretionary quota during the B S Yeddyurappa regime.
He faced the charge that he was allotted a 4000 square feet site in violation of rules though his kin, including his mother and daughter, owned a house and two sites.
Shortly after Kumar submitted his resignation, Gowda said "I don't think Suresh Kumar has committed any crime. By virtue of being an MLA, he was allotted the site under the discretionary quota. He will continue in the ministry".
Gowda told reporters that Kumar had discussed with him about the allotment of site and also the sites owned by his kin, located outside Bangalore City limits.
The Chief Minister said Kumar had sold those sites to raise funds for purchasing a house. "Kumar submitted his resignation as he was pained by the allegations", Gowda said.
Kumar is perceived to be a man with a clean image in the political class in the state.
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Comments(4)
I am proud of You both.
Posted by Venugopal at 06/23/2012 12:23 Reply to this Report abuse
A good and an honest minister...people are behind you
Posted by NITHIN at 06/23/2012 12:40 Reply to this Report abuse
Thanks to RTI process that has now disclosed real face of one more BJP Minister. Primafacie it looks minister has violated BDA Norms and CM should order for CBI enquiry. With this incident minister lost his good image in society.
Posted by Shyam at 06/24/2012 18:14 Reply to this Report abuse
Suresh Kumar is a person who has contested from our constituency. The last time I saw him, he was an MLA and he was stuck in the traffic on a scooter. A far cry from the flashy cars that most MLAs tend to use. I have always found him honest and felt good to know that there were people like him around in Politics. It was disappointing to see a charge against him. It is admirable that, bucking the trend of people sticking to their posts until they are removed with dynamite, he immediately tendered his resignation. I hope that the truth is brought out before the eyes of the public and sincerely hope that he would emerge clean after that. Cheers, V
Posted by Vasanth Rajendran at 06/23/2012 15:39 Reply to this Report abuse