illegal Mining Case: Yeddyurappa welcomes CBI Probe
posted on May 11, 2012 @ 3:43PM
An embattled former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today welcomed the Supreme Court order for a CBI probe into illegal mining and donations received by his family-run trust from mining firms.
The Supreme Court has ordered probe into illegal mining that pertained to my tenure as Chief Minister. I request the Prime Minister to order CBI probe into the issue since 2000 till my regime," Yeddyurappa told reporters on the sidelines of a function at Nanjangud near Mysore.
"Political conspiracy hatched against me has made me an accused in illegal mining though it is I who stopped it. I am facing the trouble after doing good work. I know how to come out of this political labyrinth," Yeddyurappa claimed.
He, however, said "I welcome the Supreme Court decision". Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, who shared the dais with Yeddyurappa at the function, expressed optimism that his predecessor will come clean in all the cases. The High Court has quashed the Lokayukta report on illegal mining on Yeddyurappa, he pointed out.
"It is left to the BJP high command to decide on what position should be given to Yeddyurappa," Gowda said in response to a query.