Tourism minister G Janardana Reddy's second press conference turns into a damp squib, as he fails to show promised video of opposition leaders indulging in illegal mining

In a bid to counter allegations made against him by former chief minister and JD (S) state president HD Kumaraswamy, tourism minister G Janardana Reddy's spokespersons had announced that they would exhibit video clippings to prove that Congress and JD (S) leaders were involved in illegal mining.

They also dropped hints that the CD had visuals of Kumaraswamy accepting a bribe of Rs 150 crore to issue mining licences, an allegation levelled by Reddy in 2007 that had caused a rift between the JD (S) and the BJP who were in an alliance.

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