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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s troubles have increased. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case against Siddaramaiah. The case is related to Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) plot allotment. Meanwhile, Siddaramaiah’s wife has taken a big step. She has offered to surrender 14 plots of land allotted to her by the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA). In a letter addressed to the MUDA commissioner, BM Parvati expressed her intention to return the plots that were allotted to her in exchange for 3 acres and 16 guntas of land at a different location.
What did Siddaramaiah’s wife write in the letter?
Siddaramaiah’s wife wrote, ‘I want to surrender the 14 plots by cancelling the deed made in my favour by the Mysore Urban Development Authority. I am also handing over the possession of the plots back to the Mysore Urban Development Authority. Please take necessary action and take steps in this regard as soon as possible.’
ED files case against Karnataka CM
Recently, the ED had booked Siddaramaiah and some others in a money-laundering case linked to MUDA, taking cognizance of the FIR of the state Lokayukta. The FIR was filed after a special court in Bengaluru last week ordered a Lokayukta police probe against Siddaramaiah in the case.
As per legal procedures, the ED is authorised to summon Siddaramaiah for questioning and can also attach his properties during the investigation. In a statement last week, Siddaramaiah responded to the allegations, claiming that he was being unfairly targeted in the case as a result of political vendetta.
What is the MUDA case?
In the MUDA site allotment case, it is alleged that Siddaramaiah’s wife B M Parvathy was allotted compensatory sites in a posh locality of Mysuru whose property value was higher than the location of her land, which was acquired by MUDA. MUDA had allotted plots to Parvati under a 50:50 ratio scheme in exchange for her 3.16 acres of land, where it had developed a residential layout. Under the controversial scheme, MUDA allotted 50 per cent of the developed land in exchange for the undeveloped land acquired from those losing land to build residential layouts.
