The State government is likely to order a judicial probe into the allegation of 40% commission made against the earlier BJP government headed by Basavaraj Bommai.
Official sources told The Hindu on Sunday that the State Cabinet, which met on Thursday last, discussed how to go about the investigation into the charge made by the Karnataka State Contractors’ Association and later taken up by the Congress during the run-up to the Legislative Assembly elections.
The sources said that to give more credibility, the government had proposed to conduct the inquiry by a retired High Court judge. People or activists having documents/proof about the “commission” in various works would come forward if the government decided on conducting a judicial probe, they maintained.
