The Karnataka High Court, on Tuesday, rejected Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s plea challenging Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s approval for an investigation against him in a land allotment case linked to Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
Soon after the high court order, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded the chief minister’s resignation. However, several Congress leaders and state ministers extended their support to Siddaramaiah, who might face an investigation against him over his role in the alleged MUDA land allotment scam.
The Karnataka CM released a statement after the high court verdict and said that the MUDA case is nothing but a “sham” by the BJP and the Janata Dal (Secular) to stop the Congress government’s schemes in the state.
“The MUDA case is just a sham. The main objective of BJP and JD(S) is to stop our government’s schemes which favour the poor and the oppressed…The leaders who are asking for my resignation are the same ones who have opposed the schemes implemented by me for the poor and oppressed of the state,” Karnataka CM said in a statement on Tuesday.
Karnataka BJP demands CM Siddaramaiah’s resignation
The party’s state chief BY Vijayendra welcomed the Karnataka high court’s decision and accused the Congress-led Karnataka government of making “futile attempts to suppress discussions or protests related to the scandal.”
“With the Karnataka High Court, under Justice M Nagaprasanna’s bench, upholding the Governor’s sanction for an independent investigation, the CM and the Karnataka government have lost their moral right to continue. The CM must resign immediately, respecting the verdict of the High Court,” read a post by BY Vijayendra on X.
Calling Siddaramaiah a “corrupt leader”, BJP leader CT Ravi said, “Law is same for everyone…After the Karnataka High Court’s judgement, CM Siddaramaiah should resign…Every corrupt leader says that he will not resign.”
Karnataka CM is a 100% clean-handed CM, says Congress
Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar has retaliated to BJP leaders’ comments and said that the HC verdict is not a setback to the CM and called the MUDA scam a big conspiracy against leaders.
“I am telling you again, there is no setback to the CM. It is a big conspiracy on all our leaders, including me which we have faced earlier,” Shivakumar told reporters.
Several Congress leaders and state government ministers came in support of the Karnataka CM after the verdict. Calling Siddaramaiah a clean-handed CM, Karnataka Minister Ramalinga Reddy said, “We don’t find a Chief Minister like this. He is a 100 per cent clean-handed man.”
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