New Delhi, July 19: The CPI(M) today demanded a CBI probe into the illegal mining activities and export of iron ore from Karnataka and asked the Centre to nationalise all such mines there and stop exports pending a review of the policy.
The party Politburo also sought immediate resignation of the two Ministers, Janardhan and Karunakara Reddy and termed as “shocking and unacceptable” the statement by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa that the Reddy brothers of Bellary are not involved in any illegal mining.
Maintaining that Yedyurappa had further said there was no need for the two ministers to step down, the CPI(M) Politburo said the Chief Minister was “refusing to acknowledge the illegal mining activities of these ministers”.
“The two ministers who are directly involved in the mining affairs should step down immediately,” it said in a statement here.
–Agencies