Bengaluru: B. Janardhana Poojary, former MP and DK Congress leader, has attacked the state Lokayukta N Santhosh Hegde, with a sharp tongue on Monday in a press meet at Mangalore as to why Justice Hegde had joined the Jan Lok Pal Bill-drafting committee, instead of enquiring into CM and BJP leader Yeddyurappa’s Land mismanagement deals that were involving RSS and BJP leaders in them.
Poojary attacked Pejawar Mutt seer also, asking the Swamiji if he could not detect any corrupt activities within Karnataka, while extending his noble support to yoga teacher Baba Ramdev, who fought against national level corrupt deals and black money stashed in foreign banks.
Poojary suggested that Ramdev undertook his fasting and fight against corruption, only at the behest of RSS leaders. While RSS boasted of having patriots, it had seditious (saffron) terrorists also, he blurted. The BJP is shouting from housetops on last Sunday (June 5) that women and children has suffered ill-treatment at the hands of Delhi Police on Ramlila Maidan at the best of PM and AICC president, but in the Pub case of Mangalore Sri Rama Sene had committed physical assault on some women serving drinks or dancing in company. At that time Sena indecency, did not the BJP leaders felt hot-blooded or shameful, Poojary asked.
Why did not BJP leaders protest against the indecency but they never protested at all. When there is corruption practiced in Karnataka, why don’t they get on to the streets (against their own colleagues)? He shouted in raised anger.
Turning his attention on Lokayukta in Bangalore, Poojary addressed him and asked again that he was a member of Lok Pal Bill committee, but was there no other lawyer in the country, he respectfully enquired, and wanted him to give a reply to the people of Karnataka. The Committee is off on Monday, Hazare said.
Poojary charged Lokayukta Hegde of not taking any action against CM and his son, when he had powers to do so, on BDA plots distributed in his family. Why has Lokayukta deserted his duty he roared with a fist.
He told further that Congress had rendered all support to Lokayukta Hegde to proceed against CM on the land dealings scam, but he did not issue the charge-sheet.
Again boiling over, Poojary stated that he would have issued a charge-sheet in 3 hours, were he in LA’s shoes. The pressmen heard his outburst in sympathy on Monday.