Prove 40% commission charge against BJP with evidence, says Basavaraj Bommai

Bommai also urged the government to investigate alleged scams or irregularities that took place during the previous BJP and Congress governments, and let the truth come out Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday demanded the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in the state to prove with evidence that there was 40 per cent commission during the previous BJP rule. I demand that the Congress, being in the government, to give us all the proof and show there was a 40 per cent commission,” Bommai said in a response to a question on the Congress government reportedly planning to probe the alleged scams during BJP rule. Speaking to reporters here, he said, “the Contractors’ Association had alleged 40 per cent, I want to tell its President Kempanna –they may claim that there is no 40 per cent commission with Congress in power – so here on in all the projects contractors’ will have quote 40 per cent less in the tenders. During the previous BJP regime, the state Contractors’ Association under its President Kepanna had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging 40 per cent commission charge against public representatives and officials for public works, which the Congress, then in the opposition, had used it as a major weapon against the then ruling party, during the campaign for the Assembly polls.