The BJP in Karnataka has upped the ante with its protests towards alleged corruption by the ruling Congress authorities within the state. The opposition occasion claims the Congress has no ethical proper to proceed in energy after “a collection of corruption scandals”, together with the alleged Valmiki cash switch rip-off. Now, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is beneath scrutiny for land allocation to his spouse from the Mysuru City Improvement Authority (MUDA).
Satirically, the BJP had misplaced energy in Karnataka in 2023 over a collection of corruption fees towards its authorities after which chief minister Basavaraj Bommai. Later, within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Karnataka BJP launched a marketing campaign towards the Congress, claiming that freebies had been ruining the state’s economic system, however the pitch didn’t resonate with voters.
“The Congress has been operating a corrupt authorities, and it’s there for all to see. Scams after scams are unravelling. Rip-off price greater than Rs 4,000 crore happened when Siddaramaiah was chief minister within the earlier tenure. Now these are being added to their kitty. Neither the individuals nor the BJP can be mute spectators to this. We are going to expose them at each level. Within the MUDA case, we wish the CBI to analyze as we don’t anticipate a good investigation by the SIT the CM could represent,” Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra instructed News18.
The BJP has been conducting protests throughout the state on varied points, hoping to place the Congress beneath stress. These embrace allegations of embezzlement by a authorities official working with the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Improvement Company, in addition to controversies surrounding hikes in charges of gas, electrical energy, and excise.
Former minister B Nagendra was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Friday throughout a probe into Rs 88.62 crore allegedly being illicitly credited to accounts related to IT corporations and a Hyderabad-based cooperative financial institution. The ED has been conducting raids throughout Bengaluru, Raichur, and Ballari as a part of its investigation into how unauthorised transfers price Rs 187 crore had been constructed from the financial institution accounts of the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Improvement Company.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has additionally come beneath hearth after his spouse Parvathi, who owned 3 acres of land in Kesare village of Mysuru, a present from her brother Mallikarjun, allegedly had her land taken away by MUDA. In 2021, beneath the BJP rule in Karnataka, she was compensated with plots totalling 38,283 sq ft within the Vijayanagar space, a major locality in Mysuru. The BJP claims this to be a rip-off, alleging that the market worth of the plot of land was a lot greater than her authentic land worth in Kesare. Siddaramaiah countered, saying that his spouse was entitled to compensation. The BJP disagrees.
“It’s a rip-off of over Rs 5,000 crore the place the spouse of the chief minister of the state has benefitted. The CM can’t escape from his duty and is answerable to the individuals of the state. Let him share the paperwork and convey out the reality. They declare it was throughout the BJP rule that the allocation happened. Why are they not coming clear? Clearly, there’s something fishy,” BY Vijayendra stated.
Siddaramaiah dismissed the BJP allegations and denied that there was any rip-off beneath his rule. He known as the protests by the BJP politically motivated to mislead the individuals of the state. “Was it not the BJP who did it?” questioned the CM on the MUDA land allocation.
A criticism was filed towards Siddaramaiah and 9 others on Wednesday for allegedly forging paperwork to say compensation from the Mysuru City Improvement Authority (MUDA).
The Congress, which got here to energy constructing its election marketing campaign on corruption fees towards the then ruling BJP, now finds itself in a repair, having to combat corruption fees itself.
“Solely an company just like the CBI can probe the difficulty impartially. There may be clear proof that the CM is concerned within the MUDA land allocation, and he should resign instantly. The state authorities’s SIT won’t be able to analyze pretty. Our effort will proceed to protest each single day till we see justice being delivered. Be it the multi-crore MUDA case or the Valmiki funds rip-off, even their leaders themselves saying there may be rampant corruption, what does this present?” stated Vijayendra.
The Congress has hit again on the BJP, saying the saffron occasion should first look inside.
“The BJP is simply politicising it. If there are corruption fees, allow them to be proved first, be it the Valmiki case or MUDA. Within the MUDA case, it’s the BJP that should justify why they gave the land to us, we don’t must justify why we purchased the land,” stated Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad. The query of corruption doesn’t come up with the Congress as a result of the land was given throughout the BJP authorities, Lad defined.
BY Vijayendra countered by saying that the tenure beneath which the MUDA allocation happened will not be what’s in query, however the eligibility of the CM’s spouse to the compensation. He stated that the CM’s spouse was not eligible for 14 websites and that the sale deed confirmed she was eligible for less than two websites. Land that ought to have been given to the poor is being given to the CM’s household and industrial individuals, he alleged.
“Siddaramaiah was former CM and the Chief of the Opposition then, and his son was an MLA and MUDA chairman as effectively. Was that allocation completed beneath stress to allot her greater than her share? Was the CM not conscious of how a lot land his spouse owns? He can’t escape duty by saying it was the BJP authorities then. That’s our declare,” Vijayendra stated.
Reacting to Nagendra being arrested, minister Lad stated that the chief, on ethical grounds, has resigned. Three businesses are probing the Valmiki rip-off — the SIT shaped by the state authorities, the Central Bureau of Investigation, and the Enforcement Directorate. So far, 11 individuals have been arrested, and the SIT has recovered Rs 14.5 crore of the diverted cash.
“First the Prime Minister ought to resign on the difficulty of electoral bonds, which is likely one of the greatest frauds within the historical past of the nation. Nagendra resigned, the SIT is investigating, the CBI and ED are additionally investigating, What else does the BJP need?” he additional questioned.
Lad challenged the BJP to talk about the coal rip-off, electoral bonds, the NEET examination rip-off, the railway accidents, terror assaults, and the collapse of infrastructure, together with airports and roads. “These are points they don’t need to speak about,” he stated.
Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge identified that when such allegations are floated, they sow seeds of doubt among the many individuals. The Congress plans to tackle the BJP within the upcoming monsoon session of the Meeting.
“When will the BJP communicate concerning the pending disproportionate property case pending within the SC towards them? Be it the electoral bonds and even the POCSO case towards their chief. They need to be embarrassed. They need to clear their home first,” Kharge instructed News18.
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