‘No need to resign’: DK Shivakumar says Congress in support of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
The Opposition BJP and JD(S) have demanded that the CM step down after the High Court upheld the sanction granted to prosecute him in an alleged land scam.
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The entire Congress party is standing in support of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, said his deputy DK Shivakumar on Thursday, reported ANI.
The statement came against the backdrop of the Bharatiya Janata Party demanding the immediate resignation of Siddaramaiah after the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday upheld the sanction granted by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to prosecute him in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority scam.
On Wednesday, a special court ordered a Lokayukta police investigation against Siddaramaiah.
“I am telling you there is no need for the chief minister to resign,” said Shivakumar, who is also the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, on Thursday. “The BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) are hatching a political conspiracy against the chief minister.”
Shivakumar said the Opposition parties in the state were unable to “digest the fact that guarantee schemes are reaching so many people”.
“Karnataka is the largest state where Congress is in power, and the BJP can't tolerate that,” he said. “There is no question of the chief minister resigning.”
On July 26, Gehlot granted the sanction to prosecute Siddaramaiah in an alleged scam pertaining to the allotment of 14 high-value housing sites in Mysuru’s Vijaynagar area to Siddaramaiah’s wife, Parvathi, in 2021 by the Mysore Urban Development Authority under a state government scheme.
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