A CBI court acquitted the Karnataka BJP leader, his two sons and son-in-law in the Rs 40-crore kickbacks case related to illegal mining
BSâu00c2u0080u00c2u0088Yeddyurappa speaks to reporters outside the court. Pic/PTI
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Bengaluru: Elated by a CBI court verdict acquitting him in a graft case, former Karnataka Chief Minister and state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa yesterday said he stands vindicated.
“I am happy that false allegations and politically motivated charges have been dismissed,” the Karnataka BJP strongman told reporters, with the judicial pronouncement coming as a big political boost to him.
Yeddyurappa, appointed Karnataka BJP President in April this year to revive the party's fortunes, said the verdict had also given him a “new fillip” to bring the party back to power in the state, slated to go for assembly elections in 2018.
“Satyameva Jayate. Justice is done. I stand vindicated," said Yeddyurappa in a tweet soon after the special CBI court pronounced the verdict with enthusiastic BJP workers celebrating it by bursting crackers and hailing him in the city civil court complex.
Judge R B Dharmagouder of the CBI court acquitted Yeddyurappa, his two sons and son-in-law in the R 40 crore kickbacks case related to illegal mining, which had led to his exit as chief minister in 2011.
“I have got relief... lakhs of party workers are happy. I am very happy and satisfied," Yeddyurappa said, as the judgment brought a huge sense of relief to the Lingayat strongman who has been cleared of corruption in most of the cases but still faces several others in different courts.
Yeddyurappa, credited with guiding the party to form its first-ever government in the south in 2008, said, “This (the court verdict) has come as a great power for me to bring the BJP back to power in Karnataka...”
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