Complaint filed against CM Siddaramaiah, 9 others in MUDA site allotment ‘scam’

MYSURU: A complaint has been filed against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and nine others for allegedly forging documents to claim compensation from the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

The complaint, filed by social activist Snehamayi Krishna, alleges wrongdoings on the part of Siddaramaiah, his wife Parvathi, his brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy Devaraj, who claimed to be a land owner, and his family.

The complaint was lodged at Vijayanagar police station in Mysuru alleging the involvement of the deputy commissioner, tahsildar, deputy registrar and MUDA officials in the case. Along with the police, the letter has also been written to the governor, the state chief secretary and the principal secretary of the revenue department.

The complainant alleged that MUDA cheated by creating fake documents and obtaining plots worth crores of rupees. Snehamayi Krishna has raised several questions in his complaint.

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Union Minister Pralhad Joshi last Saturday demanded an impartial investigation into the alleged MUDA scam and appealed to the state government to transfer it to the CBI. Joshi said, “It is alleged that it is a more than Rs 3,800 crore scam and plots duly authorised by MUDA have been transferred in the name of the wife of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. There is a huge scam and the then DC, who has now been transferred to cover up the same, had written more than 15 letters to the state government to look into the matter and show proper directions to MUDA. In spite of that, they did not act and Siddaramaiah got very valuable land”.

Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar had earlier dismissed allegations of any scam in MUDA site allocation and said there have been no scams during the Congress tenure in the state.

Speaking to the media after a ‘Government at Your Doorstep’ programme in Ramanagara taluk, he said, “All the scams that the state witnessed have taken place during the BJP tenure. We will respond to all the allegations during the session. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that an investigation is being conducted to determine if there was any misuse in the allotment of MUDA plots”, Shivakumar had said.

“The plots are currently on hold, and there has been no loss to the government. Those involved in the plot allotment have been transferred, and a senior IAS officer is leading the investigation. A final decision will be made after the report is submitted”, Siddaramaiah had said earlier. Responding to the BJP’s allegations of misuse in the MUDA plot allotments and their demand for a CBI inquiry, the CM asked, “Why do they want to hand over everything to the CBI?” (ANI)