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New Indian Express
23-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Donated Rs 25 lakh to National Herald with brother Suresh, nothing to hide: Dy CM Shivakumar admits
VIJAYAPURA: As the National Herald case involving several top Congress leaders takes a serious turn, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has admitted that he and his brother, former Member of Parliament D K Suresh, donated Rs 25 lakh to the publication run by the Congress party. Addressing media persons before participating in the launch of various development works in Kolhar town, near Vijayapura, on Friday, he asserted that the contribution made by the siblings has been done transparently and out of their personal funds. "It is our party's newspaper. Suresh and I donated Rs 25 lakh to it, including contributions from our trust. We gave this money out of our pockets and from our hard-earned money. There is nothing to hide about it," he said. Shivakumar was responding to questions regarding his and other Congress leaders' names, including Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, being linked to the National Herald case. When asked if the donation which he gave to the National Herald might lead to legal trouble, he reiterated that there was nothing to hide and the funds were given openly and honestly.
Time of India
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Have donated money to National Herald: Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar
Amid reports of his name figuring in the ED charge sheet in the National Herald case, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday said he and his brother D K Suresh have donated money to the Congress-run newspaper. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah backed his deputy, saying there is nothing wrong in donating money. "Me and D K Suresh donated Rs 25 lakh each to National Herald. What is wrong in that. We have donated to a newspaper run by our party. What's wrong in that," Shivakumar told reporters in Kolhar village in Vijayapura district. He was responding a question by a journalist that his as well as his brother D K Suresh's name figures in Enforcement Directorate charge sheet in the National Herald case. Play Video Play Skip Backward Skip Forward Mute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. When he was told that Rs 2.5 crore was donated, he said, "Yes we have given to the Trust. We are not denying it. Did we give it stealthily. No. We have openly given from our income." Asserting that he has donated money, the DCM said he will continue to do the same in future as well. Live Events He alleged that there is politics behind mentioning his name in the ED charge sheet. Shivakumar's brother Suresh said, "We have donated about Rs two crore to Rs 2.5 crore to the trust. We have answered all the questions raised by the (ED) officers. We are not saying that we have not donated money. We have no information whether donating was wrong," Suresh said in Bengaluru. He alleged that the charge sheet has been filed in a manner to fix the Congress leaders. The charges which will be questioned in the court, Suresh said. The former MP said the charge sheet was a political gimmick. "This is not Sonia Gandhi's trust but Young India Trust . We donated to the Young India Trust. This was not an institution for personal gain and it was never used for personal motive," Suresh said. To a question, he said the money donated were part of the I-T declaration. Reacting to the ED charge sheet, Siddaramaiah told reporters in Mysuru, "Is charity wrong? There is nothing wrong in donations."
Deccan Herald
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
Now, Congress leaders seek clarity on caste census data
On Tuesday, two prominent Vokkaliga Congress leaders – former Bangalore Rural MP D K Suresh and Magadi MLA H C Balakrishna – expressed their reservations on the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey report.
