MUDA scam: CM's wife offers to return 14 sites, BJP says 'admitting' guilt

In a significant development, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi has written to the MUDA Commissioner expressing her willingness to return the 14 sites in the Mysuru upmarket. The letter by Parvathi was circulated late-night among the reporters by the CMO on the official Whatsapp group. Significantly, the Enforcement Directorate officials on Monday said the agency has booked Siddaramaiah, his wife and some others in a money laundering case linked to the MUDA land allotment case, taking cognisance of a recent state Lokayukta FIR. A special court exclusively to deal with criminal cases related to former and elected MPs/MLAs had directed the Lokayukta police in Mysuru to initiate an investigation into the matter. The BJP termed Parvathi's letter to MUDA Commissioner as "admission of guilt" and demanded the Karnataka CM's resignation. In her letter to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Commissioner, Parvathi said she was allotted the 14 alternative sites i