From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Sep 20: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Working President Dinesh Gundu Rao on Wednesday asserted that BJP leaders, including its chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa, have no moral right to demand the resignation of Bengaluru Development Minister K J George merely because the Supreme Court has asked the CBI to probe the alleged suicide of DySP M K Ganapathy and submit the report in three months.

"The deadline for K J George to resign by September 26 is meaningless," the KPCC working President said and declared that the minister will not quit over the BJP demand or threat of staging dharna.

Dinesh Gundu Rao said let Yeddyurappa and other BJP leaders stage dharna for any number of days but the Congress party will not budge due to false allegations or trumped up charges.

"Why should K J George resign? Is there an FIR registered against him," he asked and pointed out that the minister had resigned once and was reinstated after the CID probe cleared him.

However, the KPCC Working President said there are several BJP leaders in the State and at the Centre against whom FIRs have been registered and court cases are under progress. Cases of serious corruption charges, murder and even rape have been lodged in the FIRs. "Has anybody in the State or at the Centre resigned?," he asked and pointed out that Yeddyurappa himself was facing several cases and FIRs have been registered and he had even spent three weeks in jail.

"Let the BJP leaders first prove their commitment and probity by asking Yeddyurappa to quit his post," he said and made it clear that K J George was not facing any case nor any FIR has been registered.

The KPCC Working President mentioned that the apex court had not passed any strictures against K J George nor made any adverse remarks. The apex court has merely directed the CBI conduct a probe afresh or continue the ongoing investigation and submit the report within three months and had not made any comment on the case. It has merely asked the CBI to ascertain the nature of the offence and find out who committed it, he said.

"We welcome the Supreme Court’s referring the case to CBI. Both the party and the government are ready to face any independent and honest probe," he said and made it clear that the people can see through BJP’s game of hit and run politics by levelling false allegations and not bothering to provide any proof.