Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s troubles seem to be increasing in the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) may file a case against Siddaramaiah in a money laundering case related to Muda. News agency PTI gave this information on Monday quoting sources. Swamy had reportedly purchased the land from Siddaramaiah, his wife BM Parvathi, brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy and Devaraju and gifted it to the CM’s wife. Swamy’s name is also included in the FIR registered by the Lokayukta police last week.
According to the report, the central agency may invoke sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to register a case against Siddaramaiah in the enforcement information report. It should be known that ED has the right to call the accused for questioning and also to confiscate property during the investigation. It is known that Siddaramaiah has denied any scam in the MUDA case. He had recently said that he was being targeted in the MUDA case because the opposition was scared of him. He said that this is the first such political case against him. Siddaramaiah said that he will not resign even after the court orders an inquiry against him in the case, as he has not done anything wrong. He said he would fight the case legally.
What is this MUDA scam case
The MUDA had acquired the property of the Chief Minister’s wife and allotted plots in the posh area of Mysuru as alleged compensation. It is alleged that the plots allotted to Siddaramaiah’s wife B M Parvathi as compensation in a posh area of Mysuru were priced much higher than the land acquired by the MUDA. The MUDA had allotted plots to Parvathi in the ratio of 50:50 in exchange for her 3.16-acre land, where she had developed residential layouts. Under this controversial scheme, MUDA had allotted 50 per cent of developed land to people whose undeveloped land was taken over to develop residential layouts. It is alleged that Parvati had no legal right on 3.16 acres of land situated in survey number 464 of Kasare village of Kasaba Hobli in Mysuru taluk.
