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Kumaraswamy Plans Documentary Evidence Against Karnataka Congress Government
H.D. Kumaraswamy said he plans to challenge Karnataka’s Congress government.
He said Vijayadashami, celebrated on October 21, is the right time to do this.
He promised to release documents but did not give a specific release date.
He said an earlier pen drive contained information about alleged bribery and money collection.
He connected that information to allegations involving D.K. Shivakumar.
Kumaraswamy also criticized the government’s work during its first 100 days.
He said reports about Prajwal Revanna using a smartphone in prison were planted.
He asked how a phone and explicit materials could enter a high-security prison.
H.D. Kumaraswamy said he would politically challenge Karnataka’s Congress government around Vijayadashami.
He said he would release documentary evidence at an appropriate time, without rushing.
Kumaraswamy linked earlier pen-drive evidence to alleged bribery and money-collection conversations.
He criticized the government’s first 100 days and alleged it focused on the Congress high command.
He called reports about Prajwal Revanna using a smartphone in prison “planted” and demanded answers from the state government.
- Who
- Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, the Karnataka Congress government, D.K. Shivakumar, and Prajwal Revanna are central to the report.
- What
- Kumaraswamy announced plans to release documentary evidence against the Karnataka government and questioned reports about smartphone access in prison.
- Where
- The announcement was made at a press conference in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
- When
- Kumaraswamy spoke on Tuesday; Vijayadashami falls on October 21.
- Why
- Kumaraswamy said he wanted to expose alleged government failures and obtain answers about alleged prison security violations.
Key facts
- Speaker
- H.D. Kumaraswamy, Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel and former Karnataka chief minister
- Planned timing
- Vijayadashami, which falls on October 21
- Evidence promised
- Documentary evidence to be released at an appropriate time
- Earlier evidence
- Kumaraswamy said a previously displayed pen drive contained alleged bribery and money-collection conversations
- Government criticized
- The ruling Congress government in Karnataka
- Prison issue
- Allegations that Prajwal Revanna used a smartphone and accessed explicit videos in Bengaluru’s Central Prison
- Kumaraswamy’s characterization
- He called the prison-phone report a planted story
Quotes
H.D. Kumaraswamy
Union Minister and former Karnataka Chief Minister
“I had displayed a pen drive in front of Vidhana Soudha. It contained evidence related to bribery and conversations about money collection. The information in that pen drive related to the alleged corruption of the incumbent Chief Minister (D.K. Shivakumar).”
deccanchronicle.com
“They have spent knocking the doors of the high command in New Delhi than sitting at Vidhana Soudha and running the Government.”
deccanchronicle.com
Sources
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