Ballari leaders’ association with controversies
The Hindu
Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
In the latest case, four-time MLA B. Nagendra resigned as Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare, Youth Empowerment and Sports amid allegations of multi-crore illegal transfer of money from the State-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd. He represents Ballari Rural in the Legislative Assembly.
In 2013, during the first term of Mr. Siddaramaiah as Chief Minister, Santosh Lad had quit the Ministry within the first few months of the government formation.
Though he was elected from Kalghatgi constituency in Dharwad district, he hails from Sandur in Ballari. He resigned in November 2013 facing the heat over allegations of illegal mining.
He was then the Minister of State for Information and Infrastructure. He was elected from Sandur on JD (S) ticket in 2004.
Former Labour Minister P.T. Parameshwara Naik, who was elected from Hoovinahadagali, earlier part of Ballari and now part of Vijayanagara district, quit the Ministry during the Congress government (2013-18) following the alleged “insult” meted out to Anupama Shenoy, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kudligi, in Ballari district, and interference in the police officer’s work.
Long before all this, the “Republic of Ballari” had hogged the limelight in 2011 following a report released by the then Lokayutaka N. Santosh Hedge on illegal mining in the district.
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