State will meet Fernandes' medical expense

The state had earlier met the medical expenditure of former president Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, who had made the city his home after demitting office, he said.

Yeddyurappa declined to comment on the controversy involving Fernandes' family members over his assets.

79-year-old Fernandes, who hails from Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, has been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.