Continuing her tirade against illegal mining in the vicinity of Krishna Raja Sagar in Mandya district, the Independent MP from Mandya Sumalatha on Sunday said she would raise the illegal mining issue in Parliament again and seek stringent action against those involved. “I have already raised the issue in Parliament twice in the past. My fight is against the inconvenience due to mining in my district,” she said. The actor-turned-MP and Mr. Kumaraswamy have been engaged in a verbal duel over illegal mining in Mandya for a week. Shivakumar, who was earlier Minister for Water Resources and Mandya district in-charge under the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government, claimed, “No one discussed illegal mining in Mandya during my tenure.

Source: The Hindu July 11, 2021 15:56 UTC