Karnataka: BJP demands resignation of minister KJ George

Bengaluru, Sept 16: BJP on Saturday staged a demonstration in Bengaluru demanding the resignation of Karnataka Minister KJ George in the wake of the Supreme Court ordering a CBI probe into the alleged suicide of a deputy superintendent.

Earlier the apex court on September had ordered a CBI probe into the death of MK Ganapathy, a deputy superintendent of Karnataka police, saying there were "startling facts" in the case which needed to be probed in a fair manner.

Prior to the alleged suicide, Ganapathy had told a local TV channel that the then home minister George and two senior police officers AM Prasad and Pranab Mohanty would be responsible "if anything happens to me".

BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa and a large number of party leaders and workers turned up at the Mourya Circle and demanded George step down as a minister, otherwise the probe might be influenced.

Lok Sabha members Shobha Karandlaje, B Sriramulu and Pratap Simha and party leaders, including KE Eshwarappa, took part in the protest. BJP members have said that Yeddyurappa was the chief minister but resigned when his name figured in the Lokayukta report in connection with illegal iron ore mining.