Bengaluru, Sept. 29 -- union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday reopened the politically explosive NICE road controversy with a sweeping attack on Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, describing the alleged irregularities as "bigger than the 2G and coal scams", accusing him of altering the project's land framework and warning that the documents released were only the beginning.
Brandishing a thick bundle of documents at a press conference, Kumaraswamy alleged that the original framework of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project was subsequently altered to facilitate acquisition of additional land and benefit private interests.
"This is only Part One," he said, indicating that more documents and allegations would fo...