Referring to Karnataka Contractors’ Association president D. Kempanna’s alleged charges of corruption against the Congress government in the State, BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister K.S. Eshwarappa demanded a thorough probe into the matter by a retired High Court judge.
At a media conference in Ballari on Monday, Mr. Eshwarappa addressed allegations that Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar had been extracting bribes from contractors through a BBMP [Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike] officer Prahlad.
Mr. Eshwarappa was in the city to study the drought condition in the district as part of his party’s drought study programme.
