NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has come out in assist of his spouse Parvati’s choice to give up 14 compensation plots to the Mysore City Improvement Authority (MUDA) amidst the continued land allotment controversy.
In a submit on X, Siddaramaiah accused the opposition events of making a false grievance and dragging his household into the controversy to generate political hatred towards him.
“My spouse Parvati has returned the lands that got within the type of compensation for the land that was seized with out finishing up Muda land acquisition in Mysore. The folks of the state additionally know that the opposition events created a false grievance and dragged my household into the controversy to create political hatred towards me,” Karnataka CM mentioned.
Siddaramaiah expressed shock at his spouse’s choice to return the plots, stating that his stance was to battle towards the injustice with out bowing down.
Nevertheless, he claimed that his spouse is struggling psychological torture as a result of allegations made towards her.
“My spouse, who was confined to her household with out ever intervening in my four-decade-long politics, is a sufferer of the politics of hatred towards me and is struggling psychological torture,” he mentioned. “I’m sorry. Nevertheless, I respect my spouse’s choice to return the plots,” he added.
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 latest 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 executed no mistaken and that the opposition is concentrating on him out of worry. He has vowed to battle the case legally and reiterated that he won’t resign over the matter. The allegations towards the chief minister embody nepotism and corruption fees, 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.
