Gowda dares Yeddy to order CBI probe into his family's assets

Hitting back at the ruling BJP over its "chargesheet" against his family members charging them with amassing illegal wealth, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on Tuesday dared the B S Yeddyurappa Government to seek a CBI probe into their assets.

Hitting back at the ruling BJP over its "chargesheet" against his family members charging them with amassing illegal wealth, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on Tuesday dared the B S Yeddyurappa government to seek a CBI probe into their assets.

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"Let chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, if he has guts, order a CBI investigation into our assets. Let the truth come out and guilty punished", a visibly angry Gowda told reporters hours after the BJP released the 'chargesheet' accusing his family of owning Rs 1,500 crore worth of wealth.

Gowda, who yesterday staged a dharna in front of Yeddyurappa's official residence protesting "non-release" of funds for development works in his Hassan parliamentary constituency, said "they (BJP) have power. Who prevented them from ordering a probe?"

Kumaraswamy, talking to reporters in Mysore, said the Dharamsthala 'truth test' episode yesterday when proved Yeddyurappa was a "coward". "Let Yeddyurappa seek probe by an international agency into our assets", he challenged.

Taking headon the JDS, BJP released a 58-page 'chargesheet' on the properties owned by Gowda and his family memmbers.