The Hindu 23.12.2009
Action to be taken on those producing fake documents to get BDA sites
Special Correspondent
132 BDA housing sites have been allotted since April 2008
Only ruling party legislators have been allotted sites: Siddaramaiah
Bangalore: The State Government has allotted 132 Bangalore Development Agency (BDA) housing sites, and the beneficiaries include 65 MLAs and MLCs in Bangalore since April 2008, under its discretionary quota.
In a reply to Ramalinga Reddy of the Congress during Question Hour on Tuesday, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa assured the Legislative Assembly that action would be taken against those who secured BDA sites by producing forged documents. “If there are any specific cases of persons having two or three houses who have secured sites, then we will take action,” he said.
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah alleged that only ruling party legislators had been allotted sites by the BDA, while the Janata Dal (Secular) floor leader H.D. Revanna sought registration of criminal cases against all those who secured sites by producing fake documents.
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Mr. Yeddyurappa said the S.M. Krishna government had allotted sites to 334 persons; the Dharam Singh government to 76 persons; and the H.D. Kumaraswamy government to 283 persons. The Bharatiya Janata Party Government had allotted 132 sites from April 1, 2008, to December 14, 2009, he said.
Members of Parliament, Ministers, MLAs, MLCs, government officials, businessmen, agriculturists, social workers, ex-Ministers, professors and artistes had been allotted sites measuring 50x80 sq.ft. and 40x60 sq.ft. A total of eight Ministers in the BJP government secured BDA sites and they were G. Karunakara Reddy, K. Shivanagouda, S. Suresh Kumar, Shivaraj Thangadagi, G. Krishna Palemar, Goolihatti D. Shekar, Aravind Limbavali and Anand V. Asnotikar.
The BDA also allotted sites for MPs from the State and the beneficiaries were B.Y. Raghavendra, son of the Chief Minister; S. Shivanagouda, Koppal MP; Janardhana Swamy, Chitradurga MP; and Fakeerappa, Raichur MP. Housing sites had also been allotted to MLAs M. Chandrappa, K. Madal, Veerabhadrappa Halaharavi, M. Narayanaswamy, Paranna Eshwarappa, Balagi, B.P. Harish, M. Basavaraj Naik, Parthapagowda Patil, K. Nemaraj Naik, Boosanur Ramesh, Kulakarni Srikanth, V.S. Patil, Bidaroor Srishylappa, B.N. Vijayakumar, Mallika Prasad, B. Suresh Gowda, Chikkanna, Y.N. Rudresh Gowda, N. Shankrappa, Sureshgowdra B. Patil, S.R. Vishwanath, J. Narayanaswamy, K.M. Krishna Murthy, A. Manju, Prabhu Chauvan, G. Shivanna, Eshanna, Sanjaya B. Patil, Prahalad K. Remani, Ihole Duryodhana, Shankar Patil, Seema Ashok, D.S. Suresh, K. Lakshminarayana, Y. Sampangi, M.V. Nagaraju, Suresh Gowda, Vishwanatha, B.K. Sangameshwara, Amaresh, Hemachandra Sagar, Vittal Dhondibha Naik, T.H. Suresh Babu, Doddappagouda Baribola, Kakasaheb Patil, B. Chandra Naik, H.R. Sreenath, M. Satish Reddy, B. Nagedra, R. Narendra, Puttaranga Shetty, Shivayogi Swamy, M. Sathyanarayana, S.K. Basavarajan, N.L. Naredra Babu and Siddu Savadi. The MLCs were Amatheppa Kandakoora, Bharati Shetty, A.M. Hidasageri, Y.A. Narayanaswamy, B. Chidananda, S.G. Medappa, S.V. Ramachandra and Kota Srinivas Poojary. The BDA also allotted sites to professionals such as T. Amaranath (government official), Jayanth M. Thinekar (social worker), Sabira Begaum (housewife), C. Narasimhappa (agriculturist), Vidyaprasanna Thirtha Swamiji of Kukke Subramanya Temple, Lt. Pankaj Chauvan (ADC to Governor), Vachaspathy Upadhyaya (Sanskrit professor), Shylaja Srinath (mother of Master Kishan, award-winning film director), Capt. S. Amal Raj (Army officer), K.J. Jesudas (playback singer), S. Rajappa (Central government employee), P.V. Krishna Bhat (social worker), S.A. Madhumathi (business), M.S. Patil (ex-Minister), Hasansab Nabisab Dhothihala, U.B. Banakar, Rukmaiah Poojary, K.V. Subba Reddy, Ivan Nigli, K. Jayaram Shetty, H.B. Krishna Shetty, D.C. Gowri Shankar, M.D. Lakshmi Narayana, D.B. Gangappa, Shivaraj, G. Mantura and Shivananda Rudrappa Ambadagatti (all ex-MLAs), J.G. Krishnamurthy (agriculturist), Ayanur Manjunath (ex-MP), K.M. Channegowda and R. Rajashekar (agriculturist), Nagarathna Manchali and Shan Suraj Mal (business), Shiv M. Shivashankar (doctor), B. Vijaya Sangamadeva (retired district surgeon), late Chandulal Jain (film producer), M. Nararaj (KPSC member), P.B. Srinvas (playback singer).
