Karnataka government will not hesitate to arrest HD Kumaraswamy if needed, says CM Siddaramaiah
The Congress leader said the governor sanctioned his prosecution swiftly, but was delaying action in the case of the Janata Dal (Secular) leader.
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The Karnataka government will not hesitate to arrest Union minister HD Kumaraswamy in an illegal mining lease case, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday, The Hindu reported.
Siddaramaiah made the comments after Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot sanctioned the Congress leader’s prosecution in an alleged land scam case on August 17. The matter pertains to 14 housing sites being allotted to Siddaramaiah’s wife, Parvati, in 2021 by the Mysore Urban Development Authority when it acquired 3.16 acres of land that she owned.
“The governor is playing delaying tactics in Kumaraswamy’s case,” the Congress leader said. “But in my case, he immediately gave consent for prosecution without an inquiry report. Isn’t it discrimination?”
The governor’s sanction is necessary to pursue a private complaint against a chief minister in corruption cases. A court will subsequently decide if a first information report can be registered in the case on the basis of the private complaint and the sanction given by the governor.
Siddaramaiah had challenged Gehlot’s decision in the Karnataka High Court. On Monday, the High Court directed the trial court not to act against the chief minister in the matter until further orders.
The same day, the Special Investigation Team of the Lokayukta, the state-level anti-corruption ombudsman, sought Gehlot’s permission to proceed against Janata Dal (Secular) leader Kumaraswamy in relation to the...
