After Kharge, Karnataka BJP leader points fingers at Industries Minister M B Patil over allocation of KIADB sites
“The Bagmane-linked firm was allotted a KIADB plot at Aerospace Park based solely on its credentials. How can Chalavadi fail to understand such simple facts?” M B Patil stated.
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Karnataka Industries Minister M B Patil. (File photo)BJP leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy Monday alleged there was a connection between Karnataka Industries Minister M B Patil and directors of Bagmane Developers in allocating a site to the developer-linked firm.
Addressing a news conference, the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council said Patil had declared availing Rs 4 crore loan from Bagmane Developers in the affidavit he filed for the 2023 Assembly elections. Two of the directors of Bagmane Developers – Raja Bagmane and Dandiganahalli Venkataramanappa Ramakrishna – were also directors in another firm called Vaigai Investments Private Limited. Vaigai was allotted a 7.8-acre civic amenities site by the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) at Hitech Defence and Aerospace Park after Patil became minister, the BJP leader claimed highlighting a few documents.
A firm linked to the minister’s son was also allotted industrial land, he alleged.
Narayanaswamy’s salvo came in response to Patil’s remarks last week wherein he had claimed that the BJP leader had acquired a two-acre KIADB plot in the Hebbal Industrial Area of Mysuru 18 years ago but failed to establish any industrial unit there.
Earlier, Patil had mounted a defence of the allocation of a KIADB site to Siddhartha Vihar Trust run by AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge’s family members, including Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge.
Responding to Narayanaswamy’s allegations made earlier in the day, Patil said his family had a relationship with Bagmane Tech Park for three decades. “Companies such as Bagmane, Prestige, Brigade Group, Embassy, and Mantri have contributed to the growth of Bengaluru. However, there is no connection between the bond we share at an individual family level and the decisions made at the government level,” Patil said.
“The Bagmane-linked firm was allotted a KIADB plot at Aerospace Park based solely on its credentials. How can Chalavadi fail to understand such simple facts?” the minister stated.
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