Siddaramaiah, Kharge returning land to avoid humiliation of court proceedings: BJP

New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Monday said that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge are returning the land linked to alleged land scams to avoid the humiliation of court proceedings.
He also said that the decision to return the allotted land after objections were raised on the trust run by Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge's son clearly proves that land grabbing by misusing power was going on in Karnataka.
Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Trivedi said, "The decision to return the allotted land after objections were raised on the trust run by Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge's, clearly proves that the work of grabbing land by misusing power was going on at its highest level in Karnataka. In 2015, Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar was booked for a land grab case...Karnataka CM was involved in the MUDA scam. Mallikarjun Kharge's family members were involved in the KIADB land grab case."
He also accused the top leadership of Karnataka Congress of being involved in the land grabbing.
"Be it the CM, Dy CM or the National President... the entire top leadership of the Congress is equally involved in the land grabbing movement...Today, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Mallikarjun Kharge are offering to return the plots linked to the land scam. It's not because their conscience has awakened. They are returning the land to avoid the humiliation of court proceedings," he said.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's family decided to return a five-acre land allotted to a trust run by his son, Rahul Kharge.
Recently, after the ED booked the Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah for money laundering in a case linked to the alleged MUDA land allotment scam, his wife wrote to the MUDA Commissioner, offering to surrender the 14 plots that were allotted to her by the authority.
The Mysuru Lokayukta officially initiated an inquiry and investigation into the case following a September 27 court order to file an FIR. The Lokayukta was directed to investigate allegations of illegalities in the allotment of 14 sites worth Rs 56 crore to Siddaramaiah's wife, Parvathi, by MUDA. It is alleged that MUDA illegally allotted 14 sites to Siddaramaiah's wife in the prime location of Mysuru city. (ANI)