Amid controversy over Karnataka Minister KS Eshwarappa's alleged involvement in the death of a BJP contractor, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday, 14 April, said that the party's top brass had not said anything about taking action against the minister, and had no role in the matter.
"There is no interference by the high command in this matter. They have just been informed but do not have any role in this," he said.
The chief minister also said that action will be taken only after the results of the preliminary investigation. "As I told earlier, based on the preliminary investigation we will see what action can be taken. Postmortem was performed last night (late night). Investigation will begin now. Our decision will be based on the findings of the investigation," he told reporters.