NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has said on Monday that advocate Prashant Bhushan would mention before the Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan, the additional affidavit filed by him on Monday to be listed to be heard along with the case of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Ltd (NICE) that is coming up on November 26.
Talking to journalists at his residence here, Gowda said that he is trying to be personally present in the court hall that day.
Giving the entire background of the project right from its inception in 1995, Gowda said that he was fighting for the cause of poor farmers.
“The project was initiated by me in the year 1995,” he said. In the initial MoU two foreign companies and one India company—Bharat Forger were present. He left Karnataka on June 1, 1996 and the project took many ugly turns, he felt.
‘‘What kind of fraud is going on.
A former Prime Minister of the country has to stand before the Supreme Court. Ashok Khenny is a relative of Bala Kalyani of Bharat Forge,’’ he added. ‘‘I am a humble farmer fighting for the cause of the farmers, fighting for the electorate.’’ The formmer prime minister said that his affidavit is to highlight how the company (NICE) created documents to get orders in its favours.
He wondered as to why there should be nine alignments for the.
