<p>"There should be an end to this discussion", BJP spokesman V Dhananjaya Kumar told a press conference convened by Tourism Minister G Janardhana Reddy.<br /><br />The press conference was convened by Reddy to rebut allegations levelled against him by JDS leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on the mining scam.<br />Kumar said the BJP would henceforth not respond to allegations made by rival political parties on the issue.<br /><br />The opposition parties wanted to make news every day and trying to create confusion in the minds of the people, he alleged.<br /><br />"We will not talk about it anymore. We will not give any reaction. We are not interested in wordy duel with the opposition," the BJP spokesman said.<br /><br />He appealed to Kumaraswamy and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president R V Deshpande to hand over all the documents available with them to Lokayukta.<br />The Lokayukta is free to take the assistance of any agency, including the CBI, if required, in its probe in the alleged scam, he said.<br /><br />Kumar categorically said BJP would never agree for a CBI probe, saying the central investigating agency would only besmirch his party and protect Congress whose aim was to topple the BJP government in the state.<br /><br />Denied the allegation made yesterday by Kumaraswamy, Reddy termed it as "baseless" and "totally false".<br /><br />The minister said he would hand over all the documents regarding mining activities and CDs to support his corruption allegations against Kumaraswamy, to the Lokayukta today.<br />Kumaraswamy had alleged that a mining company owned by Janardhana Reddy had illegally mined iron ore in Bellari district under the name of Black Gold (Iron Ore) Mining and Minerals.<br /><br />Reddy said he would henceforth not respond to any of the allegations, as he has lots of work to do pertaining to the Tourism and Infrastructure Development Departments.</p>
<p>"There should be an end to this discussion", BJP spokesman V Dhananjaya Kumar told a press conference convened by Tourism Minister G Janardhana Reddy.<br /><br />The press conference was convened by Reddy to rebut allegations levelled against him by JDS leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on the mining scam.<br />Kumar said the BJP would henceforth not respond to allegations made by rival political parties on the issue.<br /><br />The opposition parties wanted to make news every day and trying to create confusion in the minds of the people, he alleged.<br /><br />"We will not talk about it anymore. We will not give any reaction. We are not interested in wordy duel with the opposition," the BJP spokesman said.<br /><br />He appealed to Kumaraswamy and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president R V Deshpande to hand over all the documents available with them to Lokayukta.<br />The Lokayukta is free to take the assistance of any agency, including the CBI, if required, in its probe in the alleged scam, he said.<br /><br />Kumar categorically said BJP would never agree for a CBI probe, saying the central investigating agency would only besmirch his party and protect Congress whose aim was to topple the BJP government in the state.<br /><br />Denied the allegation made yesterday by Kumaraswamy, Reddy termed it as "baseless" and "totally false".<br /><br />The minister said he would hand over all the documents regarding mining activities and CDs to support his corruption allegations against Kumaraswamy, to the Lokayukta today.<br />Kumaraswamy had alleged that a mining company owned by Janardhana Reddy had illegally mined iron ore in Bellari district under the name of Black Gold (Iron Ore) Mining and Minerals.<br /><br />Reddy said he would henceforth not respond to any of the allegations, as he has lots of work to do pertaining to the Tourism and Infrastructure Development Departments.</p>