Siddaramaiah had earlier termed the fees “politically motivated”. (File)
Bengaluru:
Karnataka Chief Minister and senior Congress chief Siddaramaiah might be prosecuted over the alleged irregularities in web site allocations by the Mysuru City Improvement Authority (MUDA). Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has sanctioned his prosecution within the MUDA land rip-off case after petitions by three activists – Pradeep Kumar, TJ Abraham, and Snehamayi Krishna.
“As directed by the Governor, I’m enclosing herewith the copy of the choice of the Competent Authority on the request of sanction for prosecution in opposition to the Chief Minister Shri Siddaramaiah, below Part 17 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Part 218 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Samhitha, 2023 for the fee of the alleged offences point out within the petitions,” mentioned a letter from the Governor’s Secretariat to the activists.
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The Chief Minister’s Workplace (CMO) has confirmed that it has acquired this communication.
The BJP has welcomed the Governor’s go-ahead to prosecute Siddaramaiah. “By preserving sufficient data and evidences in opposition to the corrupt scandals of the Congress authorities and in opposition to the bias and corruption of the Chief Minister’s relations, Siddaramaiah has demonstrated that there isn’t a one to shake him,” mentioned state BJP chief BY Vijayendra in a web based put up.
Defending him, Karnataka Congress alleged the Governor has been delaying motion in probes in opposition to former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and former Karnataka ministers Sasikala Jolle and Murugesh Nirani. “However the truth that the Governor acted with alarming velocity solely on a baseless personal grievance in opposition to the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah appears to be a politically motivated conspiracy,” it mentioned.
The Governor had final month issued a “show-cause discover” to the Chief Minister, directing him to answer to the allegations in opposition to him inside seven days and state why he should not be prosecuted.
This sparked a decision by the state cupboard asking the Governor to not sanction the prosecution. The Siddaramaiah-led authorities had additionally suggested him to withdraw the discover and alleged “gross misuse of the Constitutional Workplace” of the Governor.
The Governor’s discover adopted a petition by anti-corruption activist TJ Abraham to prosecute Siddaramaiah over alleged irregularities within the MUDA. In his petition, he alleged the multi-crore rip-off brought about large losses to the state’s exchequer.
In a grievance filed with the Lokayukta police in July, Mr Abraham had alleged that the allotment of 14 different websites in an upscale Mysuru neighbourhood to Siddaramaiah’s spouse BM Parvathi was unlawful, which brought about the exchequer a Rs 45 crore loss.
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The grievance named Siddaramaiah, wis spouse, son S Yathindra, and senior MUDA officers.
One other activist, Snehamayi Krishna additionally alleged the involvement of Siddaramaiah, his spouse, and MUDA and administrative officers within the alleged land rip-off. A contemporary FIR was not filed because the police mentioned probe was already underway within the case.
Siddaramiah had claimed that the land for which his spouse acquired compensation, was gifted by her brother Mallikarjuna in 1998. However activist Krishna alleged that Mallikarjuna had procured it illegally in 2004 and received it registered it utilizing cast paperwork with the assistance of presidency and income officers. The land was proven to have been purchased in 1998. Ms Parvathi sought compensation for this land in 2014, when Siddaramaiah was Chief Minister.
The BJP, which has been demanding a CBI probe within the case, held a weeklong padayatra from Bengaluru to Mysuru earlier this month in opposition to the Congress authorities.
Responding to the BJP offensive, Siddaramaiah had mentioned his spouse was awarded compensation when the BJP was in energy and that it was her proper. “They (BJP) are those who gave the positioning, now in the event that they name it unlawful, how ought to one reply?” he had requested.
