CM Bommai formed a high level committee to scrutinise tenders above Rs 50 crore. Government officials have also been instructed not to award any works on oral orders.
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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has ruled out any action against minister K S Eshwarappa, against whom police have booked a case for abetting the suicide of contractor Santosh Patil, until preliminary inquiry is completed.
A contractor who had accused the Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K S Eshwarappa's associates of demanding 40 per cent commission for a contract, was found dead at a private lodge in Udupi this morning.