Bengaluru, 23 Sept

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot is writing letters seeking reports on "trivial matters", and State government was examining them.

Questioning BJP for their alleged inaction while in power in connection with Justice HS Kempanna Commission's report on the alleged Arkavathy Layout scam, he said the government will take a decision on the report, after considering various aspects.

The Governor has written to Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh seeking a copy of the Kempanna Commission's report and other related information into the alleged Arkavathy Layout denotification scam, in which Siddaramaiah was accused of denotifying land during his first term.

"BJP was there (in power) for four years. Why didn't they do it? They were in power, why didn't they place it (report) before the Assembly? Now CT Ravi (BJP MLC) has written a letter (to Governor). He was a minister (in BJP govt). Why didn't they do it then? I had said to do it," Siddaramaiah said in response to a question about the Arkavathy Layout case.

He said, "Do you know what has happened now? There was a Keshavanarayana headed committee (that was formed) on it, all these things needed to be looked into. After looking into it, we will take a decision."

The Justice Kempanna Commission was constituted in 2014 during Siddaramaiah's first stint as the chief minister following allegations of illegality. The Commission's report was submitted in 2017, when Siddaramaiah was still the CM, but was not made public. -PTI