The state Congress is impressing upon the Centre on the need for a CBI probe into illegal mining, citing violations under FERA and other related provisions, which can be done when a state government declines to do so on its own.
A delegation of Congressmen led by assembly opposition leader Siddaramaiah and KPCC president R V Deshpande will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and AICC president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday.
The Congress has declined Yeddyurappa's offer to accompany him to meet the PM and others on the same issue. He is meeting the leaders seeking a ban on iron-ore export.
