Summary:
more-inDakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister B.
Ramanath Rai on Monday said that the allegations of land grab made against him by the former Congressman Harikrishna Bantwal are baseless. In all, he has 15.22 acres of land in Kallige village in which he has raised rubber plantation on eight acres of land. To this, Mr.
Rai said that his family had acres of land in Kallige village and a majority of them went to tenants during the land reforms. Mr.
Bantwal had made one specific allegation against Mr.
Rai on November 4 that the latter’s wife, Dhanabhagya Rai, got 2.04 acres of land sanctioned under Akrama-Sakrama scheme in Mani village in 2001 under the name Shyla R.
Rai. Kumki land measuring 3.04 acres abutting their patta land was allotted to his wife, the Minister maintained..