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The Economic Times/ - Politics/Nation, Qua, 16 de Maio de 2012
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Yeddyurappa calls CBI raids 'painful'
BANGALORE: Former Karnataka chief minister BS
Yeddyurappa Wednesday called the CBI raids at his
residences a painful day in his political life.
"Today (Wednesday) is one of the most painful days in
my long political life, as CBI officials conducted raids
on my houses in Bangalore and Shimoga for some
documents," the 69-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party
leader told reporters here.
The Central Bureau of Investigation is probing
corruption charges against Yeddyurappa and his
family.
Emerging after the CBI team left with several
documents, Yeddyurappa said he was confident that
he would come clean from the inquiry since he had full
faith in the judiciary.
"I'm going to extend full cooperation to the CBI. I hope
the truth will prevail. I'm confident I will come clean," he
said.
Asserting that he had full faith in the CBI, he said he
would prove his innocence and return soon to resume
his political life.
"The CBI team is free to take any document and ask
me any question. I have nothing to hide. I have given
them all the documents they sought and replied to all
questions they asked," he said.
Referring to the simultaneous CBI raids on the
residences and offices of his family members,
including sons B.S. Vijayendra and BS Raghavendra
and son-in-law Sohan Kumar, Yeddyurappa said he
was confident of facing the inquiry like another trial by
fire.
"I appeal to the people of the state to have faith in me
and my family," he said.
In a pre-dawn swoop, CBI teams raided nine places in
the city, Yeddyurappa's hometown Shimoga and
Bellary, about 300 km from here, after registering a
case under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the
Indian Penal Code.
This followed a Supreme Court order in connection
with the multi-crore mining scam in the state.
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