<p> Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa, who is being investigated by the Lokayukta for allegedly owning disproportionate assets, on Saturday fumed at reporters who posed questions to him about his landed properties.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“I will buy properties at any place of my choice. I need not give you the details. Are you all Income Tax officials? I will purchase properties at another hundred places and pay appropriate taxes,” an angry Eshwarappa told reporters in Bellary after participating in district BJP workers meeting.<br /><br />The Deputy Chief Minister was miffed as reporters asked him whether it was true that his son and son-in-law had purchased lands from Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board at Kuduthini village in Bellary taluk. <br /><br />Eshwarappa said his relatives buying properties was their personal affair and the media need not question him about it.<br /><br />Most of the newspapers, English and vernacular, had carried reports on Saturday that Eshwarappa’s son K E Kanthesh had purchased 17 acres of land from a granite company in Rajasthan. This too was a reason for him to flare up.<br /><br />When reporters referred to the said deal, Eshwarappa said his son, a businessman, and his friends had purchased the property in Rajasthan at a cost of Rs 38 lakh. <br /><br />“For the past three years, an individual has been collecting details of my properties <br />and, now he has filed a complaint against me in the Lokayukta court. I have great respect for the court. I will abide by the court’s decision,” he observed.<br /><br />He said that he was aware who was behind all these “activities” and would reveal the person’s name in a couple of days.<br /><br />Eshwarappa, who is also the State BJP president, said that in a week’s time action would be taken against party legislators who have identified themselves with former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa’s Karnataka Janata Party.<br /><br /></p>
<p> Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa, who is being investigated by the Lokayukta for allegedly owning disproportionate assets, on Saturday fumed at reporters who posed questions to him about his landed properties.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“I will buy properties at any place of my choice. I need not give you the details. Are you all Income Tax officials? I will purchase properties at another hundred places and pay appropriate taxes,” an angry Eshwarappa told reporters in Bellary after participating in district BJP workers meeting.<br /><br />The Deputy Chief Minister was miffed as reporters asked him whether it was true that his son and son-in-law had purchased lands from Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board at Kuduthini village in Bellary taluk. <br /><br />Eshwarappa said his relatives buying properties was their personal affair and the media need not question him about it.<br /><br />Most of the newspapers, English and vernacular, had carried reports on Saturday that Eshwarappa’s son K E Kanthesh had purchased 17 acres of land from a granite company in Rajasthan. This too was a reason for him to flare up.<br /><br />When reporters referred to the said deal, Eshwarappa said his son, a businessman, and his friends had purchased the property in Rajasthan at a cost of Rs 38 lakh. <br /><br />“For the past three years, an individual has been collecting details of my properties <br />and, now he has filed a complaint against me in the Lokayukta court. I have great respect for the court. I will abide by the court’s decision,” he observed.<br /><br />He said that he was aware who was behind all these “activities” and would reveal the person’s name in a couple of days.<br /><br />Eshwarappa, who is also the State BJP president, said that in a week’s time action would be taken against party legislators who have identified themselves with former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa’s Karnataka Janata Party.<br /><br /></p>
