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Bangalore: BJP's 'Gateway to South' Turns into Road to Jail

  •   Sat, Oct 15 2011 07:16:17 PM

Bangalore, Oct 15 (IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party's dream of capturing power in the four southern states by making Karnataka its "gateway to south" is turning out to be a nightmare after its first chief minister in the state B.S. Yeddyurappa was sent to jail for corruption.

The 68-year-old Yeddyurappa quit July 31 after he was indicted by the Lokayukta (ombudsman).

Three other BJP ministers are also in jail for graft, the most famous of them is mining baron G. Janardhana Reddy who is behind bars in the Chanchalaguda Jail in Hyderabad for illegal mining in Andhra Pradesh.

The first of Yeddyurappa's ministerial colleagues to go to jail was Katta Subramanya Naidu. He was jailed on Aug 8 for taking Rs.85 crore kickback to grant 385 acres land to a software firm on the outskirts of Bangalore.

He was followed by Reddy on Sep 5.

On Saturday along with Yeddyurappa, former minister S.N. Krishnaiah Shetty was jailed for graft in illegal land denotification cases filed against them by two Bangalore advocates.

 
  

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  • Lancelot N Tauro, Manglore - Doha Qatar

    Sat, Oct 15 2011

    Time has come to say ADVANI GO BACK.

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  • LUKAS, malpe

    Sat, Oct 15 2011

    still Hallapa in waiting for rape case,congress already suspended Mr. Suresh Kalmady once he went to jail. But BJP can't do anything who went jail till now.

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  • Clifford, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 15 2011

    Politicians have no shame and they also have people like Nagesh Mamu supporting them what ever happens.

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  • Abdul Hameed T, Handel

    Sat, Oct 15 2011

    Advani shoud take U turn and relax

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  • Jamal, Mangalore/Abudhabi

    Sat, Oct 15 2011

    Dinesh,
    There is no shame for politicians from any party. They can show their face with ease and without any shame? We are responsible for what ever is happening in Karnataka.

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  • Dinesh Poojary, Kundapura/Bengaluru

    Sat, Oct 15 2011

    Gali Janardhana Reddy, Katta Subrahmnya naidu, Katta Jagadish, Yeddi and Krishnayya Shetty - 5 people of BJP in Jail. With what face Advani is entering Karnataka with his chariot?

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