MUDA case: Surjewala slams BJP for 'fake propaganda'
Bengaluru (PTI): AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala on Monday accused the BJP of "manufacturing" false allegations against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over MUDA case as he welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Karnataka High Court judgment, which quashed the ED notice in the case.
Referring to media reports, he said the apex court ruling has invalidated what he termed as "fake propoganda" of ED-BJP partnership.
In a post on X, he said, "BJP manufactured false allegations against Karnataka CM, @siddaramaiah over MUDA ! BJP protested for months against Karnataka CM, @siddaramaiah over MUDA ! BJP misused the Office of Governor and unleashed the ED against Karnataka CM, & his wife over MUDA ! BJP maliciously hounded and levelled false allegations against Karnataka CM, over MUDA !"
"The Supreme Court today and High Court earlier, rejected and quashed the fake propaganda of ED-BJP partnership. Truth has won! Satyamev Jayate," he said.
The Mysuru Urban Development Authority case involves alleged irregularities in land allotted to Parvathi Siddaramaiah, wife of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
In the MUDA case, it is alleged that compensatory sites were allotted to Parvathi in an upmarket area in Mysuru, which had higher property value as compared to the location of her land, which had been "acquired" by the MUDA.
The MUDA had allotted plots to Parvathi under a 50:50 ratio scheme in lieu of 3.16 acres of her land, where it developed a residential layout.
Under 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.
It is alleged that Parvathi had no legal title over the 3.16 acres of land at survey number 464 of Kasare village, Kasaba hobli of Mysuru taluk.
The Lokayukta as well as the ED (Enforcement Directorate) are probing the matter simultaneously.
The ED had issued notices to both under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), which were later quashed by the Karnataka High Court.
The ED had challenged the High Court’s decision before the Supreme Court through Special Leave Petitions (SLPs).
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka (PTI): A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Rabiul Alam handed down the verdicts, sentencing Hasina to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment — five years in each case, state-run BSS news agency reported.
The court sentenced 78-year-old Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her nieces, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, and others in the cases over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol.
The judgment was pronounced at around 12.30 pm.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment — two years in each case — while Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq were each sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in both cases.
Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused to surrender before the court, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in each case, totalling two years.
The court also fined all convicted persons Tk1 lakh each and ordered them to serve an additional six months in prison in default of payment.
Hasina has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.
The cases were filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged abuse of power in the allocation of two 10-katha plots.
According to the prosecution, the accused manipulated the allocation process and violated existing rules and regulations of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
