Date:11/08/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/08/11/stories/2006081115580400.htm

Karnataka - Bellary

Evidence will be made public: Janardhan Reddy

Staff Correspondent

`Chief Minister has not given a clear reply to the bribery charge'

BELLARY: G. Janardhan Reddy, the BJP MLC who has been placed under suspension, said he would very soon produce the evidence on the Rs. 150-crore bribery charge made by him against Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Home Minister M.P. Prakash and Minister for Forests C. Chennigappa.

"I will make public all the evidence I have with regard to the bribery charge before the end of the month of Shravana," he told presspersons after coming out of the JMFC court here where three witnesses were examined in connection with the defamation case filed by him against the Chief Minister and two of his Cabinet colleagues.

Asked about lack of support from party leaders, Mr. Reddy said, "After making public all the evidence, you will see how the same leaders will be reacting. Wait and see." Mr. Reddy said that he had raised the issue to prevent anti-social elements gaining ground in the district and also against those protecting them. "So far neither the Chief Minister nor the Home Minister has come out with a clear reply to the charges levelled against them," he said.