KPPC prez cannot issue B forms, says Munavalli

Hubli | Saturday | 23rd March, 2019

Summary:

“This means, the money I donated was not shown to the IT department, which is illegal,” he claimed. “But subverting the law, the party has not been conducting elections for the post since the past 20 years. He alleged that party leaders misused the donations he had given three times.According to Munavalli, he had donated Rs 2.5 lakh on October 27, 2015, and Rs 5 lakh on June 28, 2017, to the party through cheques. Belagavi: Former Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) member Shankar Munavalli has filed petition in the Dharwad high court circuit bench questioning the appointment of Dinesh Gundurao as the KPCC president and him distributing ‘B’ forms to party candidates.The petition has been admitted in the high court and the next hearing is on March 28. Gundurao has not been elected to the post as per law and hence he does not have authority to issue ‘B’ forms,” Munavalli said.On Friday, he said the oldest political party of the country was not only violating the law by appointing persons to crucial posts but was also mishandling public donations..