12 April,2011 06:29 AM IST | | A Correspondent
The Chief Minister said he would go in for ministry expansion after consulting BJP president Nitin Gadkari
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said he would expand his ministry next month after the results of the by-elections for three assembly seats. The results of the April 9 bypolls for Chennapatna, Jagalur and Bangarpet constituencies will be declared on May 13.
All set: The CM said that he'll file a petition before the Supreme Court
in two or three days challenging its order to revoke the ban imposed
on iron ore exports by April 20. File pic
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Yeddyurappa, who has been facing renewed dissidence by partymen who have been demanding a change in leadership, had last month spoken about the expansion of his ministry after the bypolls. The Chief Minister said here that he would go in for ministry expansion after consulting with BJP president Nitin Gadkari.
He also said the state would file a petition before the Supreme Court in two or three days challenging its order to revoke the ban imposed on iron ore exports by April 20. The state's Advocate General Ashok Harnalli will file the petition, he said.
Trouble ahead?
Meanwhile, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court yesterday challenging the order of the Karnataka High Court staying the direction of a trial court taking cognisance of the offences against Yeddyurappa and his family members in a complaint relating to irregularities in denotification of land.
Sirajin Basha, an advocate, who is the main complainant in the case, filed the special leave petition through advocate Prashant Kumar against the March 29 interim order of the High Court, which had allowed the petition filed by Yeddyurappa's son-in-law Sohan Kumar.
Kumar had challenged the lower court order for further proceedings, including the Lokyukta probe, against them. There are five complaints filed against the Chief Minister's family members and the Governor had accorded sanction to prosecute for offences committed under IPC section 405 (criminal breach of trust) and under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The Additional Civil and Sessions Judge had on March 24 postponed prosecution in the complaint and ordered Lokayukta police to probe the matter and submit the final report of the inquiry by May 4.
