Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Saturday authorised the prosecution of Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah over the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment scam. Following the directive, the Karnataka Chief Minister claimed that “the conspiracy is being carried out by the central government, the BJP, the JDS and local leaders of Karnataka.”
CM Siddaramaiah accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of ‘not tolerating this government, my leadership’.
Stating that such a decision of the Governor of Karnataka Siddaramaiah said it was to be expected: “We expected it, I expected it too. When the governor, on July 26, the same day he received the petition, he sent me a notice to file the petition. What does that mean?”
“The (Congress) high command is with me, the entire Cabinet and the government are with me. All Congress MLAs, Congressmen, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members are with me… I have done nothing wrong by resigning,” Siddaramaiah said.
He BJP demanded immediate resignation of Siddaramaiah to allow an “impartial” inquiry into the MUDA “scam.” However, Siddaramaiah ruled out his resignation, saying he had done nothing wrong by resigning.
“Because this (Congress) government has implemented all the guarantee schemes. These guarantee schemes are for the poor of all communities, all religions. So, the central government is against social justice, against the poor and against our guarantees,” Siddaramaiah said on Saturday.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, while speaking about the Karnataka Governor’s permission to prosecute him for the alleged MUDA scam, says, “They (the BJP) do not tolerate this government, my leadership, because this government has implemented all the guarantee schemes. These guarantee schemes are for the poor people… photo.twitter.com/XxUUaqJayP
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“I will fight this legally in court because this is an illegal approval given by the Governor, who is a puppet of the central government…” denomination Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s decision is “contrary to the Constitution and the law”said the Chief Minister of Karnataka.
The Governor of Karnataka has granted a sanction against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Section 218 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for commission of the alleged offences mentioned in the petitions of Pradeep Kumar SP, TJ Abraham and Snehamayi Krishna.
What is the MUDA “scam”?
He Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), originally established as City Improvement Trust Board (CITB) Dating back to 1904, during the reign of the Maharajas of Mysuru, it has come under intense scrutiny recently. Media reports have highlighted serious irregularities in the way the MUDA has allotted residential plots to land losers as compensation.
Amidst the controversy, Parvathi Siddaramaiah, wife of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiahhas been in the spotlight. It was reported that he was allotted 14 residential plots in a high-end development zone in exchange for his 3 acres and 16 guntas of land acquired by MUDA.
While Siddaramaiah and Congress functionaries argue that the allotment of the site followed the legally sanctioned 50:50 ratio scheme meant to compensate land losers, much to the chagrin of Karnataka’s opposition, the BJP and the JD(S) have seized on this issue to criticise the ruling Congress.
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