The BJP called for Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s resignation after the Karnataka High Court dismissed his petition, challenging the legality of the Governor’s decision to prosecute him over alleged irregularities in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scheme.
The Karnataka unit of the BJP said in a post on X in Kannada, “The empire of lies built by you has completely collapsed, now respectfully resign from the post of Chief Minister.”
A bench headed by Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed Siddaramaiah’s plea challenging the sanction granted by Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot to three people to file corruption cases against Siddaramaiah over the land that MUDA granted to his wife BM Parvathi.
BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya said in a post on X, “After Karnataka High Court dismisses Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s plea, challenging probe in MUDA scam, the Congress leader has no option but to step down. The Governor had ordered probe on RTI activist TJ Abraham’s complaint.”
The sanction was granted after complaints were filed by three activists, TJ Abraham, Snehamai Krishna and Pradeep Kumar SP, over corruption allegations against Siddaramaiah in the MUDA case.
The case pertains to allegations that compensatory sites were allotted to BM Parvathi in an upmarket area in Mysuru that had higher property value as compared to the location of her land that had been “acquired” by MUDA.
MUDA had allotted plots to Parvathi under a 50:50 ratio scheme in lieu of 3.16 acres of her land, where MUDA developed a residential layout. However, activists alleged that the plot allotted to Parvathi had a higher property value as compared to the location of her land that was acquired by MUDA.
Source Agencies
