Yeddy sends staff to inspect Gowda family land records in Hassan

PTI

Hassan/Hubli, 04 December 2010: Officials from the Chief Minister’s secretariat today inspected records of lands owned by former Prime Minister H D Devegowda’s family, as it visited the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Hassan.

 

The team, after interacting with officials and inspecting some records, directed that the documents be sent to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa’s office.

 

Yeddyurappa, under attack from JDS over alleged land scams, has vowed to bring out in the open, illegal properties reportedly owned by the Gowda family.

 

The Chief Minister recently alleged that the Gowda family has encroached 82.01 acres of government land and that it would be reclaimed and distributed among landless farmers.

 

Speaking to reporters in Hubli, former Chief Minister and state unit JDS President H D Kumaraswamy welcomed the probe ordered into lands held by his family in Hassan district.

 

"We are ready to face them. We are not afraid of all these enquiries as we have not looted the state. Let people know the truth," he said.

 

Kumaraswamy, who claims to have "exposed" several land scams against the BJP government, said the time has come for Yeddyurappa to resign, close on the heels of Katta Subramanya Naidu quitting as IT and BT minister.

 

"The Centre should dismiss the Yeddyurappa government without any loss of time," he said. Naidu had resigned yesterday after the Lokayukta filed an FIR against him over a land deal.