MUDA scam case can be dropped if land returned, says Congress citing HC order on BJP leader
They [Bharatiya Janata Party] have a lizard in their own plate but point to a worm in ours, the Congress claimed.
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Citing a Karnataka High Court order from 2019 in a case involving Bharatiya Janata Party leader R Ashoka, the Congress on Wednesday stated that the charges against Siddaramaiah in connection with an alleged land scam can be dropped if the sites have been returned to the Mysore Urban Development Authority, The Indian Express reported.
The court in 2019 dismissed criminal proceedings against Ashoka after he returned plots linked to an alleged land scam to the Bengaluru Development Authority.
The case against Siddaramaiah pertains to the allotment of 14 high-value housing sites in Mysuru’s Vijaynagar area to Parvathi, the chief minister’s wife, in 2021 by the Mysore Urban Development Authority under a state government scheme. This was allegedly done in exchange for 3.16 acres of land that she owned in another part of the city. The land was allegedly illegally acquired from Dalit families.
On Wednesday, state Home Minister G Parameshwara, along with three other ministers, criticised the BJP for attacking Siddaramaiah and Parvathi for their decision to return 14 plots to the Mysore Urban Development Authority when Ashoka had also returned land following corruption claims.
Parvathi had offered to return the plots on Tuesday, a day after the Enforcement Directorate booked Siddaramaiah under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in the...
