Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday termed the ED’s latest communication to the state Lokayukta police in reference to the MUDA web site allotment case, as “politically motivated” and despatched with an intent to affect them and the courtroom.
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah is dealing with allegations of illegalities within the allotment of 14 websites to his spouse Parvathi B M by MUDA.
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He repeatedly asserted that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has no powers to research the case. Siddaramaiah is dealing with allegations of illegalities within the allotment of 14 websites to his spouse Parvathi B M by the Mysuru City Improvement Authority (MUDA). “It is politically motivated. Tomorrow our writ appeal against the single bench order is coming up (before division bench in HC), if they have done it just ahead of it, what does it mean? First of all they (ED) dont have any powers to investigate, they cannot do it legally. Secondly, they have done this to influence the court,” he mentioned in response to a query on ED’s letter to Lokayukta.
Addressing reporters right here, the CM mentioned, “The Lokayukta is conducting the inquiry and they will have to submit a report. This has been done to influence them, to make them prejudicial. This is politically motivated and out of political malice.”
In response to the ED, proof of a number of irregularities has been detected within the switch of 14 websites by the MUDA to Parvathi. The federal company, in a latest communication despatched to the Lokayukta police, claimed that its probe has additionally discovered that MUDA had “illegally” allotted a complete of 1,095 websites in benami and different such transactions. The alleged unlawful actions at MUDA “did not end” with the case of Parvathi as a complete of 1,095 websites, with a market worth of greater than ₹700 crore, had been “illegally” allotted, in response to an investigation report accessed by PTI and knowledge from official sources.
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Reiterating that the ED has no powers to research the case, however nonetheless they’re probing, the CM mentioned, “The Governor had asked to investigate, the district court (special court) told Lokayukta police to investigate and submit a report by December 24. They (Lokayukta police) are investigating, but why are they (ED) writing a letter? What is their intention? Isn’t it deliberate?” “… there is no truth in it (the case). They (ED) are investigating the case, let them give the report independently? Why have they written a letter (to Lokayukta)? They may share the information, but it doesn’t mean that they should write a letter and it should be released to the media,” he mentioned, including that the intention is “totally, hundred per cent political.” Siddaramaiah, his spouse, brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy and Devaraju — from whom Swamy had bought a land and gifted it to Parvathi — and others have been named within the FIR registered by the Mysuru-located Lokayukta police institution on September 27, following the Particular Court docket order. On September 30, the ED filed an enforcement case data report (ECIR) to e book the CM and others taking cognisance of the Lokayukta FIR, and can also be probing the case.
Within the MUDA web site allotment case, it’s alleged that 14 compensatory websites had been allotted to Siddaramaiah’s spouse in an upmarket space in Mysuru (Vijayanagar Structure third and 4th levels), which had larger property worth as in comparison with the situation of her land which had been “acquired” by MUDA. The MUDA had allotted plots to Parvathi below a 50:50 ratio scheme in lieu of three.16 acres of her land, the place it developed a residential format. Below the controversial scheme, MUDA allotted 50 per cent of developed land to the land losers in lieu of undeveloped land acquired from them for forming residential layouts. Nevertheless, as the positioning allocation triggered an argument, Parvathi wrote to MUDA asking it to cancel 14 websites allotted to her and the MUDA had accepted it.