Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah calls ED letter to Lokayukta Police politically motivated

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday questioned why the Enforcement Directorate wrote a letter to the state’s Lokayukta Police about an alleged corruption case against him, accusing the agency of being politically motivated.

The Congress leader alleged that the letter, written a day before a hearing in the High Court about the case, was aimed at influencing the judiciary. The High Court is slated to hear the matter on Thursday.

The alleged scam pertains to the allotment of 14 high-value housing sites in Mysuru’s Vijaynagar area to Parvathi, in 2021 by the Mysore Urban Development Authority under a state government scheme.

This was allegedly done in exchange for 3.1 acres of land that the chief minister’s wife BM Parvathi owned in another part of the city. The land was allegedly illegally acquired from Dalit families.

The Lokayukta Police is investigating allegations of irregularities in allotting the land to Parvati, while the Enforcement Directorate is investigating allegations of money laundering related to the case.

Just a day before our petition is set to be heard in the High Court, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) writes to the Lokayukta - a move clearly aimed at influencing the judiciary.

The ED's investigation itself is questionable. Even so, the proper course would have been to submit…— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) December 4, 2024

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