00:00Bangalore Development Authority acquired lands in 1976 for formation of a layout in the vicinity
00:12of Gangena Halli village, which is very much in the heart of Bangalore today. In the year
00:182007, a person by name Rajasekaraiyya, who seems to be a complete proxy, an untraceable
00:30person who has no relation to the land in question, submits a petition to Shri Kumar
00:40Swami, the then Chief Minister, asking for denotification of this land, measuring one
00:46acre, 11 Guntas. First thing is, this Rajasekaraiyya, we don't know who he is, but conclusively
00:55we can say this Rajasekaraiyya has nothing to do with the one acre, 11 Guntas under question
01:04or that family. So some random person gives a petition to Shri Kumar Swami, requesting
01:11for denotification. Immediately, Shri Kumar Swami, the then Chief Minister, asks that
01:18the file be put up to him. While officers put up the file, they write very clearly that
01:25this land has been acquired by BDA. At this stage, there is no scope for denotification.
01:33However, by then, the government of Shri Kumar Swami falls, then Shri Edu Rappaji comes.
01:41In the meantime, as soon as Shri Kumar Swami, when he was the Chief Minister, asks for the
01:47file to be put up, at the same time, Kumar Swami's mother-in-law enters into an agreement
01:56with the original landowners through a GPA arrangement for ownership of this property,
02:04one acre, 11 Guntas. In the meantime, Kumar Swami's government falls. Subsequently, Shri
02:11Edu Rappaji becomes Chief Minister. Edu Rappaji calls for this file. In the file, the then
02:19Principal Secretary, one by name Shri Jyoti Ramalingam, writes very clearly that this
02:28is a case where notification under 16.2 has been already issued and hence this is not
02:37a fit case for consideration for denotification. This is the recommendation of the then Principal
02:45Secretary, Urban Development Department. This file is put to the then Chief Minister,
02:50Shri Edu Rappaji, who by his own handwriting writes to denotify this land, despite in the
02:59file, the Principal Secretary having recorded very clearly, very unambiguously, very categorically
03:07that this cannot be considered for denotification, despite that Shri Edu Rappaji goes ahead and
03:14denotifies this land. As soon as this land is denotified, the land is purchased by Shri Kumar
03:21Swami's own brother-in-law. So, this is one acre, 11 Guntas, probably worth about 100 crore rupees
03:30in the heart of Bengaluru, which was acquired by BDA and as per the government records available,
03:38this acquisition was complete. However, with the collusion of Shri Kumar Swami and Shri Edu
03:46Rappa, this land was ultimately denotified and came to be in the possession of Shri Kumar
03:53Swami's family. So, this is a fraud committed on public interest. Shri Kumar Swamiji has been
04:01very vocal in demanding probity in public life, making all kinds of baseless allegations. Today,
04:10we ask Shri Kumar Swamiji, did you accept a petition from some non-existent Rajasekaraiya?
04:19Is it true that this Rajasekaraiya had nothing to do with the property in question? Is it true
04:27that as soon as you asked for the file to be put up, your mother-in-law entered into a GPA
04:33agreement for ownership of this land with the original owners of the land? Is it true that
04:41despite clear recommendation by the officers that this cannot be denotified, is it true that this
04:50was denotified? Is it true or not that your own brother-in-law ultimately came to be in
04:58possession of this land?
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