The Election Commission of India has served notices to three Karnataka ministers, including Reddy brothers, on a petition seeking their disqualification as MLAs on grounds of alleged amassing of wealth and misuse of power.
The election commission served notices on mining magnates -Tourism Minister G Janardhana Reddy, his brother Revenue Minister G Karunakara Reddy - and their confidante and business associate Health Minister B Sreeramulu.
Officials said that the action comes after the Karnataka governor HR Bhardwaj forwarded a petition filed by KC Kondaiah, Congress MLC, against the three Bellary ministers under Article 192(2) of the Constitution (relating to disqualification) on June 3.
The Congress leader, in his petition, had sought the
Reddy brothers' disqualification, charging that as ministers,
there was a conflict of interest with them having business
interests in mining in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
The ministers have to reply to the notice by July 15.
