Bengaluru, Sept. 5 -- Karnataka Legislative Council Leader of Opposition Chalavadi Narayanaswamy on Friday launched a blistering attack on the Congress government, alleging a massive land scam in the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) and demanding a probe by a sitting judge or central agencies.
Releasing a set of documents at Vidhana Soudha, Narayanaswamy alleged that KIADB had become a "real estate company" for influential individuals, with valuable industrial land being distributed by bypassing rules and denying benefits to eligible SC and ST entrepreneurs.
He alleged that despite sites being announced in the Aerospace Park at Devanahalli, 71 eligible SC and ST applicants had not received land even after five years. Un...