CM Siddaramaiah convenes CLP meeting in wake of Guv granting permission to prosecute him
Bengaluru (PTI): Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has convened a Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting on August 22 in the wake of Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot granting permission to prosecute him in the alleged site allotment scam in Mysuru Urban Development Authority.
According to a statement issued by the chief minister’s office, the meeting will be held in Vidhana Souda conference Hall.
Talking to reporters, Karnataka Minister for Information Technology and Biotechnology, Priyank Kharge said, "Since there is a huge uproar about the governor’s role, we need to apprise our people. Ultimately they are public representatives; 136 MLAs need to know what is happening."
“The meeting is related to the MUDA developments. The chief minister will brief the Congress legislators about the facts of the case and will chalk out a strategy to fight the case legally and politically,” a source in the CM House told PTI.
Gehlot granted permission to prosecute Siddaramaiah, acting on the complaints of three private individuals.
In the MUDA 'scam', it is alleged that compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi in an upmarket area in Mysuru, which had higher property value compared to the location of her land which had been "acquired" by MUDA.
MUDA had allotted 14 sites to Parvathi under a 50:50 ratio scheme in lieu of 3 acres, 16 gunts of her land, where MUDA developed a residential layout.
Under the controversial scheme, MUDA allotted 50 per cent of developed land in lieu of undeveloped land acquired from several persons for creating residential layouts.
BJP leaders have claimed that the MUDA 'scam' is of a magnitude of Rs 4,000 crore to Rs 5,000 crore.
The Congress government on July 14 constituted a single-member inquiry commission under former High Court Judge Justice P N Desai to probe the MUDA 'scam'.
The chief minister denied has any wrongdoing in the alleged scam.
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Dog nibbles on man's body at district hospital in MP's Narmadapuram; probe ordered
Narmadapuram (MP), May 11 (PTI): A dog nibbled on the body of an accident victim at a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Narmadapuram, prompting the authorities to order a probe, an official said on Sunday.
The incident occurred at the district hospital on Friday night, the official said.
The body of Nikhil Chourasia (21), who died in an accident near Palanpur, was kept for post-mortem, the hospital's civil surgeon Sudhir Vijayvargiya said.
He said an investigation would be conducted, a show-cause notice would be issued to the security guard and assured that steps would be taken to improve the security at the facility.
The deceased man's cousin, Ankit Gohile, said he had stepped out to drink water and saw a dog fleeing with a piece of flesh from the body when he returned.
A complaint has been lodged in the matter, he said, accusing the hospital management of negligence.
