By way of PTI
NEW DELHI: Stepping up the ante towards the BJP over the loss of life of a civil contractor in Karnataka, the Congress on Wednesday mentioned arresting minister Ok S Eshwarappa on homicide and corruption fees is the one means to verify justice.
Congress common secretary and leader spokesperson Randeep Surjewala additionally puzzled the silence of Top Minister Narendra Modi, Leader Minister Basavaraj Bommai and BJP president J P Nadda at the loss of life of Santhosh Patil who had levelled bribery fees towards the senior minister previous.
Rural Construction and Panchayati Raj Minister Eshwarappa has been booked for abetment of suicide in line with a criticism from Prashanth Patil, the brother of the deceased.
The 37-year-old contractor, who claimed to be a BJP employee, was once discovered useless at a resort in Udupi in a case of suspected suicide on Tuesday.
“Arresting Minister Eshwarappa on homicide and corruption fees is the one technique to give justice to a BJP employee,” Surjewala mentioned.
“Why is PM silent? Why is CM mum? Why is BJP president quiet? The deafening silence of BJP issues to complicity in corruption on the absolute best echelons of energy,” the Congress chief mentioned on Twitter. He additionally alleged that the BJP is mired in corruption in Karnataka and it’s time to display them the door.
“Most sensible to backside, all of the BJP Executive is mired within the muck of corruption. Time to turn BJP the door in Karnataka,” Surjewala mentioned, after the president of contractors’ affiliation in Karnataka alleged that the executive minister’s workplace was once concerned within the subject.
Surjewala additionally met the circle of relatives of the deceased contractor in Belgaum and confident that the celebration would battle to verify justice to them. He was once accompanied by means of a number of state Congress leaders.
“The ache, anguish and anger of circle of relatives can’t be described in phrases. The Congress will battle for justice to Santosh Patil. Our calls for are arrest Eshwarappa, upload segment 302 (punishment for homicide) of the IPC and sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act to the FIR, free up Rs 4 crore fee for contract and Rs 1 crore reimbursement to the circle of relatives and a central authority task for his spouse. The Congress will give Rs 11 lakh help to the circle of relatives on this hour of grief,” he mentioned.
The loss of life of the contractor prompted an enormous political row with the Congress tough the resignation of Eshwarappa or his dismissal from the Cupboard.
The Congress additionally instructed state Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to push aside Eshwarappa from the Council of Ministers, even because the embattled BJP chief known as for a probe into the “conspiracy” at the back of the loss of life of Patil.
Whilst Leader Minister Bommai mentioned the police would habits a radical and clear investigation, Eshwarappa rejected the call for for his resignation.
In his purported suicide word despatched by means of WhatsApp to a couple media properties, Patil, who hails from Belagavi district, allegedly held Eshwarappa answerable for his loss of life.
A defiant Eshwarappa, alternatively, maintained he was once no longer at fault and mentioned he had even filed a defamation swimsuit towards Patil after the contractor had alleged that the Rural Construction and Panchayati Raj (RDPR) Minister had demanded 40 in step with cent fee for some works.
On March 30, Patil, who had claimed that he was once a BJP employee, mentioned he had achieved a piece within the RDPR division and sought after the fee because of him however Eshwarappa allegedly demanded 40 in step with cent fee within the Rs 4 crore paintings, prompting the opposition Congress to dub the BJP dispensation in Karnataka as a “40 in step with cent sarkar”.