Council chief to meet AG over MLC fake travel bills row

Legislative Council Chairman D H Shankaramurthy on Saturday said he will consult the Advocate General regarding the next course of action on a complaint that eight MLCs had claimed lakhs of rupees by submitting fake travel bills.

Shankaramurthy told reporters in Bengaluru that he will meet the Advocate General on Tuesday next to seek legal opinion on the issue.

BJP leader in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Padmanabha Reddy had alleged that eight MLCs had claimed travel allowance from the Council secretariat by submitting fake bills.

Allum Veerabhadrappa, Raghu Achar, N S Boseraju, S Ravi, R B Thimmapura (all Congress), C R Manohar, Appajigowda (both JD-S) and M D Lakshminarayana (Independent) are the MLCs. Shankaramurthy said notices had been served on all the MLCs and replies received.  He added that the MLCs in turn had submitted a petition to him seeking permission to move a privilege motion against Reddy. “I am examining their submission and will take a decision soon.” Shankaramurthy said there was no official communication about him being made governor of Telangana-Andhra Pradesh.