H D Kumaraswamy accuses minister Tanveer for collecting Rs 3 crore bribe from library dept.

H D Kumaraswamy accuses minister Tanveer for collecting Rs 3 crore bribe from library dept.

Bengaluru : JD(S) state president, H D Kumaraswamy, has accused minister Tanveer Sait, of collecting bribe of Rs 3 crore from library department staff with the promise of raising their pay.

Addressing a press conference at his residence here on Sunday April 30, Kumaraswamy said that as soon as allegations of corruption come into the open, Kempaiah gets busy inviting those who make these allegations, talk to them, and settle the issue before they get out of hand. He stated that Tanveer Sait, minister for education and library, had collected money from the library supervisors for hiking their pay. "Rs 3 crore has already been paid to him. The concerned are under pressure from the office of the chief minister not to release the CD containing minster's conversation on this issue," he alleged.

"I learn from sources that the chief minister told him to spend Rs 12 to 13 crore he received as commission for funds released for the development of his constituency. This speaks volumes about rampant corruption in administration," he stated.

Kumaraswamy dismissed reports of electoral understanding having been reached between Congress and JD(S) for 154 constituencies. He said that his party had not given any authority to Siddaramaiah to take decisions on behalf of his party, and that his party leaders are not bonded labourers of Siddaramaiah. He said he would be taking part in the protest of library supervisors being held on Tuesday. The chief minister will be answerable once the contents of the CD are leaked," he added.