‘Central govt misusing every institution, will fight this legally’: Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

BENGALURU: Amid the alleged MUDA scam against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Thursday said that the central government is misusing every institution, adding that they will fight this legally.

“Let them (BJP) do whatever they want. Their attempt is to destabilise the government, to derail the administration, create confusion and ensure good work can’t be done by our government. They want to target our CM because he is a very tall leader and popular, he made PM Modi and Amit Shah eat humble pie in the last election…so they are misusing every institution. We are going to fight this legally…we are all with the CM”, the minister told reporters.

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Earlier, the Karnataka government withdrew open consent to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a probe in the state. Law Minister HK Patil termed the Central Bureau of Investigation “biased” and said that the government has taken the decision to prevent CBI from taking the wrong path.

“We are withdrawing open consent for CBI investigation in the state. We are expressing our concerns about the misuse of the CBI. In all the cases we have referred to the CBI, they have not filed charge sheets, leaving many cases pending. They have also refused to investigate several cases we have sent. There are numerous such instances. They are biased. That’s why we are taking the decision. It’s not because of the MUDA case. We have taken this decision to control them (CBI) from taking the wrong path”, Patil said, addressing a press conference.

On Wednesday, the Special Court in Bengaluru passed an order directing Karnataka Lokyukta to conduct an investigation against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on the allegation of illegalities in the allotment of 14 sites worth Rs 56 crore to his wife Parvathi by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

Karnataka Lokayukta’s Mysuru district police will have to conduct the investigation and will submit its report in three months. The Special Court’s order came after the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday vacated its interim stay order granted on August 19, directing the court to defer the decision on the complaints against Siddaramaiah.

It is alleged that MUDA illegally allotted 14 sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife in the prime location of Mysuru city. The High Court, in its interim order passed on August 19, had granted a temporary relief to Siddaramaiah by directing a special court in Bengaluru to defer further proceedings and not to take any precipitative action pursuant to the sanction granted by the Governor. (ANI)