BJP takes credit for exit of four 'tainted' ministers

 Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar mocked
at the Siddaramaiah government saying that the BJP’s charges of corruption against four ministers has led to their removal.

At a press conference in Bengaluru on Friday, Shettar said the party had exposed the scams or maladministration by the then ministers Baburao Chinchansur, Shivaraj Tangadagi, Qamarul Islam and Parameshwar Naik.

All these are now former ministers after the reshuffle, he said.
Replying to a question, he said RDPR Minister H K Patil too will join the list. He also said the BJP had never branded M H Ambareesh as corrupt nor had it spoken about Srinivas Prasad.

Chaos over reshuffle

Finding no merit in the governance by Siddaramaiah, Shettar said the chief minister has proved to be a failure going by the chaos in his party over the ministry reshuffle.

“Siddaramaiah has proved to be a Tughlaq and arrogant. His one-upmanship and maladministration are evident. He cannot run the government. All ministers have become dysfunctional because of Siddaramaiah. For the last one month, there is no governance,” he said.

To support his argument, Shettar said it has been reported that Nagaraj, an officer with Gescom in Ballari, has not been able to take leave even for a week for his surgery. His seniors are harassing him. This reflects on governance.”

BDA files missing

Referring to former BDA commissioner Sham Bhatt’s statement before the Justice H S Kempanna Commission, the MLA said the officer has said that 40 files of the BDA pertaining to the Arkavathi Layout have gone missing.

Advocates have said these were crucial files, Shettar said. But the BDA had earlier submitted copies of the files to the commission.

The chief minister must file a case against those responsible for the files going missing, he insisted.