<p>Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha on Thursday that he had spoken to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to convey the Centre’s readiness for a CBI probe into the death of IAS officer D K Ravi, if the State government gave its consent.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Singh’s statement came after heated exchanges between the BJP and the Congress members on the issue in the Lower House.<br /><br />The minister said a delegation of BJP MPs from Karnataka, which met him on Wednesday, also raised the issue. He said even Siddaramaiah had informed him that after receiving more details, he would send a detailed report to the Centre. “If the State government recommends a CBI probe, the Centre will immediately order an enquiry by the CBI, Singh said.<br /><br />Pralhad Joshi (BJP) raised the issue during zero issue and said the law and order situation in Karnataka was in a bad shape and the State government had not accepted the demands of the parents of the 35-year-old officer to recommend a CBI probe.<br /><br />Congress members from Karnataka rejected Joshi’s contention that the State government was not sensitive to the issue of the death of anofficer.<br /><br />Protest staged<br /><br />Earlier in the day, Union ministers from Karnataka and BJP MPs staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue on the parliament complex and demanded a CBI probe. They also raised slogans against the Congress-led government in Karnataka, demanding the sacking of Home Minister K J George.<br /><br />Separately, three Congress MPs from Karnataka - Muddahanumegowda, D K Suresh and Dhruvanarayan - also demanded a CBI probe into the incident.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha on Thursday that he had spoken to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to convey the Centre’s readiness for a CBI probe into the death of IAS officer D K Ravi, if the State government gave its consent.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Singh’s statement came after heated exchanges between the BJP and the Congress members on the issue in the Lower House.<br /><br />The minister said a delegation of BJP MPs from Karnataka, which met him on Wednesday, also raised the issue. He said even Siddaramaiah had informed him that after receiving more details, he would send a detailed report to the Centre. “If the State government recommends a CBI probe, the Centre will immediately order an enquiry by the CBI, Singh said.<br /><br />Pralhad Joshi (BJP) raised the issue during zero issue and said the law and order situation in Karnataka was in a bad shape and the State government had not accepted the demands of the parents of the 35-year-old officer to recommend a CBI probe.<br /><br />Congress members from Karnataka rejected Joshi’s contention that the State government was not sensitive to the issue of the death of anofficer.<br /><br />Protest staged<br /><br />Earlier in the day, Union ministers from Karnataka and BJP MPs staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue on the parliament complex and demanded a CBI probe. They also raised slogans against the Congress-led government in Karnataka, demanding the sacking of Home Minister K J George.<br /><br />Separately, three Congress MPs from Karnataka - Muddahanumegowda, D K Suresh and Dhruvanarayan - also demanded a CBI probe into the incident.<br /><br /></p>
