“BS Yeddyurappa’s case and mine are different cases. He did denotification of land and I am not involved in it. I will not give my resignation as a self-witness. Whether ED or anything else, I will fight it out legally,” he stated.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday hardend his place on the allegations associated to the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land rip-off. He as soon as once more reiterated that he wouldn’t resign, figuring out himself as a self-witness within the matter.
Siddaramaiah additionally distinguished his state of affairs from that of BS Yeddyurappa, stating that the previous Chief Minister’s case concerned land denotification, whereas he was not concerned in such issues.
He additional expressed his intent to handle the state of affairs legally, no matter investigations by the Enforcement Directorate or different entities.
“BS Yeddyurappa’s case and mine are different cases. He did denotification of land and I am not involved in it. I will not give my resignation as a self-witness. Whether ED or anything else, I will fight it out legally,” he stated.
He said that the land in query was gifted to his spouse by her brother and that MUDA had encroached upon it. He defined that his spouse requested another web site however didn’t specify Vijayanagara, but it was allotted to her.
He asserted that the state of affairs has escalated into political battle and said that the allegations of cash laundering usually are not related to his case. He highlighted that his spouse’s actions had been motivated by a want to keep away from controversy.”
It (the land) was gifted by my spouse’s brother to her. MUDA encroached on it and for this, she requested for another web site. She did not ask for Vijayanagara however they gave it. This has change into large politics now. Let them (BJP-JDS) do no matter they need. Money laundering would not come into the image right here. What is my function? My spouse thought it had change into a cause for politics so she wrote a letter as a result of she did not need any controversy,” Siddharmaiah stated.
Earlier as we speak, Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra claimed that the Karnataka deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara had made a “clear stand” on them in search of the resignation of the present Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah amid the allegation surrounding the MUDA land allocation rip-off.
Meanwhile, Karnataka Law Minister HK Patil got here down closely on the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in relation to this case and stated that ED’s case registered below the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) towards Siddaramaiah could be one of many biggest blunders that the probing company could be doing.
On Monday, after the ED booked the Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah for cash laundering in a case linked to the allgeded MUDA land allotment rip-off, his spouse wrote to the MUDA Commissioner and supplied to give up the 14 plots that had been allotted to her by the authority.
Meanwhile, the Mysuru Lokayukta formally began the inquiry and investigation into the case linked to the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment rip-off as we speak, following a September 27 courtroom order to file a FIR, directing them to conduct an investigation towards Siddaramaiah on the allegation of illegalities within the allotment of 14 websites value Rs 56 crore to his spouse Parvathi by the MUDA.
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