NewsKarnataka-Bagalkot
Bagalkot:CM Siddaramaiah here on Thursday September 19 clarified that the minister Santosh Lad who was accused of corruption by S R Hiremut, head of Samaja Parivartana Samudaya will not be stripped off his ministerial post.
Hiremut urged CM Siddaramaiah to strip the ministerial post of Santosh Lad at the backdrop of corruption during earlier state regime. Hiremut has provided the proof about the role of Santosh being the partner in V S Lad & Sons, which was mentioned in the Lokayukta report.
CM Siddaramaiah reacted that the allegations leveled upon minister Santosh are baseless, there lies no relevance to Santosh Lad with that of Lokayukta report, clarified CM Siddaramaiah.