The MUDA corruption case haunts Karnataka Chief Minister S Siddaramaiah even after getting a clean chit from Lokayukta, as the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday allowed the Enforcement Directorate to continue its investigations into the MUDA land allotment case against Parathi, wife of the Chief Minister, and Minister Byrathi Suresh.
A predictable war of words has broken out on the final report of the Lokayukta Police investigating into the MUDA scam in which Chief Minister S Siddaramaiah and his wife Padmavathi are the prime accused – with the opposition calling it a sham investigation and the ruling party saying that it was an out and out political ploy to defame and spoil Congress
In connection with the high-profile scam involving the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in Karnataka, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned six employees associated with MUDA for questioning, sources said on Friday.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has found himself embroiled in a political and legal storm, with accusations of corruption linked to the allotment of high-value plots to his wife by the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
The Karnataka Lokayukta has expedited the probe in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Speaking to the media at the Vidhana Soudha, Shivakumar said "the scandals of BJP MLAs, ministers, and former chief ministers B.S. Yediyurappa and Basavaraj Bommai will come out".
