BENGALURU: An activist has filed complaint against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Aland MLA B R Patil and Rajya Sabha member K C Ramamurthy for allegedly bribing MLAs to get Ramamurthy elected to the Rajya Sabha.
In a complaint filed at Vidhana Soudha police station, T J Abraham has alleged that during the election to the Rajya Sabha held in June, Siddaramaiah, Patil and Ramamurthy induced/bribed MLAs with cash and kind.
The complaint said, “B R Patil, who had already committed to extend support to JD(S) candidate A M Farooq along with S Thippeswamy, Sambhaji Lakshman Patil, Ashok Kheny, Guru Patil Shirval, Satish K Sail, Mankala Subba Vaidya, Aravind Chandrakant Patil, B Nagendra and P Rajeev, had also signed Farooq’s nomination papers on May 27. Yet, the CM, along with a Cabinet colleague, allegedly indulged in inducing the MLAs/voters by offering Rs 2 crore each to exercise their franchise in favour of Congress candidate K C Ramamurthy.”
The complainant also accused the CM of luring the MLAs by offering funds for development works on a priority basis. After allegedly receiving Rs 12 crore each, all the 10 MLAs, led by B R Patil, openly changed their stand and pledged support to Congress claiming that the CM, along with his cabinet colleague, had promised to expedite development works in their constituencies, he added.