Will HD Kumaraswamy also resign if CM Siddaramaiah resigns?: JD(S) MLA GT Deve Gowda
Challenges BJP, JD(S) leaders over Siddaramaiah's resignation demand
Mysuru: JD(S) MLA G.T. Deve Gowda has challenged the opposition leaders demanding Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's resignation and questioned whether JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy and others facing cases would also step down. He was speaking at the inauguration of the Mysuru Dasara celebrations at Chamundi Hills.
"Why should Siddaramaiah resign? Which law mandates resignation immediately after an FIR is filed?" Gowda asked, while asserting that the court had not ordered the Chief Minister to be jailed or resign. He also pointed out that the Governor has merely asked for an investigation and that Siddaramaiah’s governance.
“Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is providing good governance, and the guarantee schemes are proving to be beneficial for the people. Without allowing further development in the state, why do you keep asking him to resign every morning? Why should he resign? Can Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, who won with a margin of 2 lakh votes, be asked to resign? Can Siddaramaiah, who is the Chief Minister with the support of 136 MLAs, be asked to resign?” he questioned.
G.T. Deve Gowda further said that Siddaramaiah had previously faced joint opposition from the JD(S) and BJP in the 2006 by-elections but had emerged victorious. "He will continue to be victorious, as he has the blessings of Goddess Chamundeshwari," he added.
The comments come amid heightened political tensions and demands from opposition leaders for the Chief Minister’s resignation following the registration of an FIR against him related to the alleged MUDA scam.
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Gujarat man held for impersonating govt official, duping people with forged letters
Ahmedabad (PTI): The Ahmedabad police have arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly posed as a senior revenue official and used fake letters claiming to be from various government departments to cheat people, an official said on Sunday.
Mehul Shah, an engineer who manages two schools at Vankaner in Gujarat’s Morbi district, is accused of making lakhs of rupees with bogus documents and false claims, said inspector (crime branch) JK Makwana.
Shah had forged an appointment letter from the Ahmedabad district education officer (DEO) to offer a computer operator’s job in a government office to a complainant’s son. He also introduced himself as a trustee of a school and did not pay a man Rs 7 lakh due to him over the painting of a school building, the official said.
“Despite holding no official position in the state or central government, he used fake work permits and NOCs to cheat people of lakhs of rupees,” the police official said.
One complainant alleged that Shah identified himself as a top revenue department official and produced a fake letter from the chairman of the “department of science and research development” to make him install a siren and curtain in a hired vehicle but did not pay for the job, he said.
Bogus letters claiming to be from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ahmedabad DEO were used by the accused to cheat the complainants, the police official said.
Police have recovered from his possession fake identity cards and letters with headings like “bharat gaurav ratna shri samman council”, “chairman of department of science and research development”, “health and family welfare department”, and “road and building department”.
“The FIR is based on complaints by three victims. We appeal to the people to come forward and submit their complaints if they have been cheated by Shah in any way,” Makwana said.
