Bengaluru: BJP MP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Tuesday demanded a judicial probe by a sitting judge into allegations of corruption against Karnataka Assembly Speaker U T Khader, during his 2.5 year tenure.

Kageri also called for bringing the office of the Speaker under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, to ensure transparency.

“There are allegations that U T Khader in his 2.5 years tenure as the Speaker of the Assembly, has indulged in corruption, in the name of administrative reforms. Such allegations are there in the media, social media, Youtube and others,” he said.

Speaking to reporters here, the former state assembly Speaker said, “The projects undertaken by him were not urgent, several of them were rejected by the Finance Department, but still using the Chief Ministe

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