Massive Cost In opposition to Siddaramaiah’s Spouse Amid Mysuru Land Compensation Row

Bengaluru:

A social activist has filed a police grievance in opposition to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s spouse Parvathi and two others, accusing them of involvement within the alleged Mysore City Improvement Authority (MUDA) rip-off.

In his grievance filed at Vijayanagar police station in Mysuru, activist Snehamayi Krishna has alleged that the Congress veteran, his spouse, MUDA officers and different administrative officers are concerned within the alleged irregularities. Police haven’t registered a recent FIR, saying that an investigation into alleged MUDA irregularities is already on.

The Background

The recent grievance comes in opposition to the backdrop of the BJP chief’s allegations that Ms Parvathi benefited from alleged irregularities in MUDA’s land allotment. BJP leaders have mentioned influential individuals, together with the present Chief Minister’s spouse, obtained prime property in Mysuru as compensation for land MUDA acquired for format growth. They allege that the worth of land offered as compensation is rather more than the land acquired and that this brought on a lack of Rs 4,000 crore to the state exchequer.

Cost In opposition to Siddaramaiah Spouse

Siddaramiah has mentioned the land his spouse obtained compensation for was gifted by her brother Mallikarjuna in 1998. However activist Snehamayi Krishna has alleged that Mallikarjuna purchased land in 2004 and gifted it to Parvathi in 2010. This land, he has mentioned, was already denotified however was falsely proven as agricultural land. Later, this was acquired by MUDA for growth and Parvathi obtained 38,283 sq. ft of prime actual property in south Mysuru in 2021. The activist has alleged that Mallikarjun procured the land illegally and acquired it registered it utilizing solid paperwork with the assistance of presidency and income officers. The land was proven to have been purchased in 1998. Parvathi sought compensation for this land in 2014, when Siddaramaiah was Chief Minister.

What Has Siddaramaiah Stated

In his response to the BJP’s offensive, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has 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 location, now in the event that they name it unlawful, how ought to one reply? They took away our land and parks had been made there, and people websites had been allotted to others. Ought to we hand over our land as a result of I’m the Chief Minister?”

The Opposition’s Stand

The BJP has demanded a CBI investigation into the alleged irregularities. On the compensation offered to the Chief Minister’s spouse, Chief of Opposition within the Meeting R Ashoka mentioned, “The land was acquired by MUDA after which denotified. I do not know on whose stress it was finished. After the denotification, MUDA shaped a format, park and playground on that land. This provides rise to many doubts as a result of as soon as it’s denotified, MUDA has no proper to the touch that piece of land, which belongs to a reputed individual. But, the format was shaped.” HD Kumaraswamy, Union minister and chief of BJP ally JDS, has claimed that the MUDA row is an consequence of an influence wrestle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D Okay Shivakumar.