Siddaramaiah goes on the offensive, claims BJP, JD(S) leaders were also allotted MUDA land

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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has claimed that Union minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and other leaders from Janata Dal (Secular) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are among the beneficiaries of the same Mysuru Urban Development Authority scam, which the Opposition has alleged his involvement in...

It has been done in accordance with the law the same way as in this case (allotment to Siddaramaiahs wife in 2021), Byrathi Suresh, Karnatakas urban development minister said, sitting next to the chief minister...

According to documents released by Siddaramaiah,Kumaraswamy was allotted a 21,000 square feet plot by MUDA in 1984 in the Vishweshwaraiah Industrial Area for a sum of Rs 37,344, and in December 2000, Kumaraswamy had allegedly written to MUDA commissioner, seeking the occupancy certificate...

The chief minister also said that there were several other leaders from the JD(S) and BJP, who were allotted alternate plots since their original land was taken over by MUDA...

The session of the state legislature that began on 16 July, ended abruptly Thursday after the Oppositions relentless protests against the Siddaramaiah-led Congress party over the alleged irregularities in the operations of MUDA and diversion of funds from the state-run Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation...

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