NEW DELHI: Parvathi Siddaramaiah, spouse of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, has written to the Mysore City Improvement Authority (MUDA) providing to give up 14 compensation plots allotted to her amid ongoing land allotment controversy.
In her letter, Parvathi mentioned, “I want to give up and return the compensation plots by cancelling the deeds of 14 plots executed in my favour by the Mysore City Improvement Authority.I’m additionally handing over the possession of the plots again to the Mysore City Improvement Authority. Kindly take needed steps on this regard as quickly as attainable.”
This growth comes within the wake of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) reserving CM Siddaramaiah, Parvathi, and others in a cash laundering case linked to the MUDA land case, following a current Lokayukta FIR.
The Congress has hit again on the Centre, accusing it of utilizing central businesses just like the ED for political harassment. Congress chief Jairam Ramesh commented, “It’s no secret that the ED has change into an instrument of harassment, vendetta, revenge, and vengeance on His political opponents by the non-biological PM.” Ramesh additionally accused the ruling celebration of focusing on Siddaramaiah after their electoral defeat in Karnataka in Might 2023. “We’ve nothing to worry. The CM of Karnataka can be vindicated,” Ramesh added.
The ED’s case is predicated on allegations that the compensatory plots had been allotted to Parvathi in a major location in Mysuru, elevating questions over the legality of the transactions. The FIR additionally named different relations, together with Parvathi’s brother Mallikarjuna Swamy, who had bought the land and later gifted it to her.
Siddaramaiah has defended his actions, saying that the opposition is focusing on him out of worry and vowed to struggle the case legally. “I’ve executed no mistaken,” the CM had mentioned earlier, reiterating that he wouldn’t resign over the matter.
The case has intensified following a particular courtroom’s order for a probe, upheld by the Karnataka excessive courtroom, into the alleged illegalities surrounding the allotment of those websites. The ED is predicted to summon the accused and will connect their property as a part of the investigation.
