NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday brushed apart the allegations of corruption after his spouse Parvati determined to give up 14 compensation plots to the Mysore City Growth Authority (Muda).Parvathi Siddaramaiah’s choice to give up the plots comes after the Enforcement Directorate booked Siddaramaiah, Parvathi, and others in a cash laundering case linked to the Muda land case, following a current Lokayukta FIR.
In her letter to Muda, Parvathi requested the cancellation of the deeds of 14 plots executed in her favor and handed over the possession of the plots again to the authority.
Siddaramaiah has defended his actions, sustaining that he has performed no improper and that the opposition is concentrating on him out of concern. He has vowed to combat the case legally and reiterated that he is not going to resign over the matter. The allegations towards the chief minister embrace nepotism and corruption expenses, with accusations that he influenced Muda to allot 14 websites to his spouse as a substitute of the 2 60x40ft plots she was entitled to in Mysuru for her 3.2-acre land in Kesare.
