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Congress to release its counter book on controversy-ridden Arkavathi Layout

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File Photo: Sampath Kumar G P

File Photo: Sampath Kumar G P

Bengaluru: The Congress has decided to counter Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy’s nearly 500-page book on the controversy-ridden Arkavathi Layout with a book of its own.

Addressing presspersons here on Sunday, C.M. Dhananjaya, chairman of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Legal Cell, said the book on the denotification of land in the layout was being brought out to explain the “ground reality” to the public. It would be distributed to Congress workers in all districts, he said.

KPCC president G. Parameshwara would release the book in two or three days, he said. The JD(S) had released its book on Saturday and alleged a “direct role” by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the denotification of land.

He alleged that former Chief Ministers H.D. Kumaraswamy, B.S. Yeddyurappa and Jagadish Shettar were involved in the denotification of land in the layout.

There was no substance in the Opposition’s allegations against Mr. Siddaramaiah, he said.

Meanwhile, Mr. Siddaramaiah said that documents on Arkavathi Layout, running to nearly 1.5 lakh pages, would be submitted to the Judicial Commission, headed by Kempaiah, on Monday.

Mr. Siddaramaiah, who was in New Delhi on Sunday to attend a meeting of NITI Aayog, told presspersons that the documents had been collected from various agencies, including BDA, over the last several months.

The Judicial Commission was constituted five months ago to probe the denotification of land in the layout following a demand by Opposition parties.

(Agencies)

HD Kumaraswamy releases 490-page Book on Arkavathy

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Bengaluru: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Friday intensified his attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the Arkavathy Layout land denotification row.

The former chief minister released a 490-page book- Arkavathy Karmakaanda- which presents details of denotification of over 700 acres in the Arkavathy Layout by the Siddaramaiah regime.

He ridiculed Siddaramaiah’s claim that he would have faced contempt proceedings if he had not denotified land in Arkavathy Layout as per six parameters set by both the High Court and Supreme Court. He pointed out that the court had neither used the word “Re-do” nor set any parameters.

Kumaraswamy admitted that his own party MLAs didn’t support its release. He also said he won’t submit the book to the Justice HS Kempanna Commission, which is probing allegations of denotification from 2003 to 2014. “I will neither approach the commission nor any court. I will upload its contents on the JD(S) party website and go before the people’s court,” he said.

Kumaraswamy said he came out with the book fearing that he would not get enough time on the floor of the House to discuss the issue.

(Agencies)

Booklet on Arkavathi to 'expose' CM: H D Kumaraswamy

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H D Kumaraswamy

Bengaluru: A booklet on the illegalities of Arkavathi Layout aimed to expose the Congress government will be released soon, said JD (S) leader H D Kumaraswamy.

The booklet has been prepared based on 7,000 pages of official documents which clearly suggest that CM Siddaramaiah himself had signed the documents pertaining to the land deletion, Kumarswamy said.

The booklets will be distributed to all the members of the Assembly during the ongoing session, he added.

When asked why the documents were not submitted to the Justice H S Kempanna Commission, Kumaraswamy said a scam of this magnitude has to be handed over to CBI for inquiry.

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