Battle between ruling Congress & opposition BJP-JD(S) heats up on corruption issue in K'taka

It is an interesting battle playing out in Karnataka between the ruling Congress and the opposition (BJP and JD-Secular) with the saffron party leveling gold smuggling accusations against the ruling party and the Karnataka government stepping up action against BJP and JD(S) leaders on previous corruption charges.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

While the opposition BJP has begun using the Starlet Smuggling Saga involving actress Ranya Rao to target the Congress with insinuations of the involvement of "two Congress ministers" in the gold smuggling activities, the ruling Congress has activated cases involving former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his government on the 40 per cent commission, with the probe committee coming out with its report, submitted to the government, and the state revenue department initiating reclamation proceedings against former Chief Minister and Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy in the alleged land encroachment case.

Yesterday the revenue department served notices against the Union Minister in an old case pertaining to alleged encroachment on lands in Ramanagaram.