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BJP leaders detained while trying to hold protest on Vidhana Soudha premises

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Bengaluru: Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists led by BJP state president Pralhad Joshi were detained by the police as they tried to hold a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue on Vidhana Soudha premises here on Thursday.

Leaders including former chief ministers B.S. Yeddyurappa and Jagadeesh Shettar and former ministers K.S. Eshwarappa, Shobha Karandlaje, Suresh Kumar and others stormed the Vidhana Soudha premises demanding that all “tainted” ministers be dropped from the cabinet, beside a host of other demands.

Tension prevailed on the premises and there was exchange of words between the police and the leaders, as the former refused to allow leaders to hold a protest in front of the statue. While Karandlaje, who was successful in reaching the statue, was arrested there, the other leaders were detained as soon as they entered the Vidhana Soudha premises through the East Gate.

Joshi said that stopping them from holding a peaceful protest amounted to “curbing the rights of legislators.” He said that they would hold another protest on December 2 and a rally at Belagavi during legislature session there beginning on December 9.

(With inputs from The Hindu)

HC allows probe against Yeddyurappa in denotification case

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Bangalore: Karnataka High Court today allowed the Lokayukta Police probe against BJP National Vice-President B S Yeddyurappa and others, on a petition challenging the Lokayukta Court order dismissing complaints against them in a land denotification case in Shimoga district.

Justice Anand Byrareddy set aside the Shimoga Lokayukta Court order which had dismissed complaints against Yeddyurappa and his son and MLA B Y Raghavendra accusing them of purchasing land through illegal means, and ordered Lokayukta Police to initiate an inquiry into the matter.

The Lokayukta Court had dismissed the complaints against Yeddyurappa and others filed by B Vinod, a Shimoga-based advocate, on the grounds that he had not availed himself of sanction from the Governor for prosecution prior to filing the complaint.

Challenging the Lokayukta Court order, Vinod filed a criminal revision petition in the High Court contending that Yeddyurappa is not in a similar position (Chief Minister) as he was at the time of the alleged commission of offence and hence there is no requirement for him to avail sanction from the Governor for prosecution prior to filing the complaint.

Vinod has alleged that Dhavalagiri Properties, owned by family members of Yeddyurappa, had purchased 69 acres near Hunasekatte village in Bhadravati taluk through benamidars.

The complainant has also alleged that various provisions of Karnataka Land Reforms Act were violated in purchasing the land, and that Yeddyurappa had misused power in getting the land transferred to the name of the firm owned by his family members.

(PTI)

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