Siddaramaiah's 5 Responses After Karnataka HC Upholds Guv's Nod To Probe Him In MUDA Case

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister faced a major setback in the alleged MUDA scam case after the High Court upheld Governor's nod to prosecute the former in a site allotment case, on Tuesday. Soon after the court's judgement, the BJP was quick to hit out at the chief minister and the Congress party demanding the resignation of Siddaramaiah. However, bot the party and CM remained defiant, rejecting the Opposition's demand for his resignation, and accused the Modi government of indulging in vendetta politics. After the court's judgement, Siddaramaiah held a presser and responded to media queries on whether he would resign or what is the stand of the Congress. 

1. Siddaramaiah said he discuss with experts, party colleagues and decide on further course of action after Karnataka High Court's verdict.
2. “I am yet to go through the judgment of the High Court. After going through the judgment, I will react on it both legally and politically… I still say that I have done no wrong," the chief minister told reporters.
3. He said all ministers, MLAs, party leaders, workers and high command are with him.
4. Siddaramaiah said he's not afraid of BJP , JD(S) ‘conspiracies’, and 'misuse' of Raj Bhavan.
5. The Karnataka Chief Minister said that the Congress high command will cooperate in his legal fight.

DK Shivakumar says no question of CM's resignation  

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said, “There is no question (of resignation) by the CM. He has not done anything wrong, he is not involved in any scam. It is a political conspiracy by the BJP against all the opposition leaders in the country. We stand by him, we support him.”

What Karnataka High Court said on alleged MUDA scam? 

The Karnataka High Court has upheld Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot's approval for investigation against Siddaramaiah in the site allotment case – MUDA – and dismissed his petition stating that the gubernatorial order nowhere suffers from want of application of mind.

The chief minister had moved the High Court on August 19 challenging the sanction granted by the governor for an investigation against him in the alleged irregularities in the allotment of 14 sites to his wife by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in a prime locality.

"The facts narrated in the petition would undoubtedly require investigation. In the teeth of the fact that the beneficiary of all these acts is not anybody outside but the family of the petitioner, the petition stands dismissed," Justice M Nagaprasanna ruled.

"Interim order of any kind subsisting today shall stand dissolved," he said.

Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress president, said he and his party stand in support of the chief minister who is doing a good job for the party and the state.

"(There is a) big conspiracy against our chief minister, like how the BJP had hatched a big conspiracy against me by filing a case and sending me to jail. I came out because of God's grace. The case in which I went to jail was dismissed. Similarly, they have hatched a conspiracy against the chief minister and his family," Shivakumar said.

With inputs from PTI