Katta Subramanya Naidu

Katta Subramanya Naidu(born 1960) is an Indian (Karnataka) politician with the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2008, he won the state legislature elections from Hebbal constituency in the Bangalore area, and was a minister under B. S. Yeddyurappa. [1] .[2]

[3]

He was also credited with establishing of an Print Technology Park at Harohalli through his efforts.

Jail term and Resignation

Katta was arrested in August 2011 after being indicted by the Lokayukta, retired Justice Santosh Hegde. Since B. S. Yeddyurappa himself was facing charges related to the massive mining scam of the Reddy brothers, the Bharatiya Janata Party asked Katta to resign from the cabinet.[4] Yeddyurappa himself resigned in the same month.

A cancer patient, Katta was granted bail after two months for treatment.[5] Jagadish Katta and some others obtained bail after four months.[6]

In 2012, the Enforcement Directorate attached the property of Katta, his son, wife and some others associated with Itasca.[2]

Charges of Bribing for votes

Earlier, in 2010, Katta had been accused by opponent CM Ibrahim of bribing the voters with "stacks of currency". [7] The Deccan Herald accused Ibrahim of making a "mockery out of democracy."

Katta's net assets were Rs. 9.23 crores in 2008.[3]

References

  1. ↑ N D Shivakumar (Oct 3, 2011). "Katta cleared 325-acre land in four days". Times of India.
  2. 1 2 "ED files case against Katta for money laundering". The Asian Age. Nov 18, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Katta Subramanya Naidu:". National Election Watch. 2008.
  4. ↑ B V Shiva Shankar (16 Aug 2011). "Lokayukta police trace transactions". Mid-Day.
  5. ↑ "Katta Subramanya Naidu granted bail". Indian Express. Oct 31, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Katta Subramanya Naidu, son granted bail in Karnataka land scam". DNA India. 12 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "Take money from BJP, but vote for Congress: C M Ibrahim". Deccanherald.com. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.