Karnataka govt forms inquiry commission into MUDA scam
Bengaluru, Jul 14: The Karnataka government on Sunday ordered the formation of an inquiry commission into the alleged alternative site scam in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
According to the order, High Court judge (retd) Justice P N Desai will head the single-member commission.
The commission will be required to complete the inquiry and submit its report to the state government within six months.
The departments concerned and the MUDA officials will have to cooperate with the investigation by providing the necessary documents and information to Justice Desai, the order said.
The government passed the order late Sunday night ahead of the Legislature session, which will start on July 15 and culminate on July 26.
ALSO READ: MUDA 'scam': HD Kumaraswamy accuses CM Siddaramaiah of 'misuse of power'
The scam gathered steam after the BJP alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi was one of the beneficiaries of alternative sites (plots).
Siddaramaiah categorically rejected the allegation and claimed that MUDA "illegally" took over the four acres land belonging to his wife and formed a layout without her permission.
The CM said MUDA compensated them by providing them alternative plots.
The BJP has raised doubts about the claim saying how can MUDA touch such a "high profile" property.
The party has pegged the size of the scam somewhere around Rs 3,000 crore.
The BJP staged a demonstration over the matter in Mysuru on Friday.
ಮುಡಾ ನಿವೇಶನ ಹಂಚಿಕೆಯ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಆರೋಪಗಳು ಕೇಳಿ ಬರುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪಾರದರ್ಶಕ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಷ್ಪಕ್ಷಪಾತ ತನಿಖೆ ನಡೆಸಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಆಶಯದೊಂದಿಗೆ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರವು ಮಾನ್ಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಉಚ್ಚ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದ ನಿವೃತ್ತ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಧೀಶರಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ಪಿ ಎನ್ ದೇಸಾಯಿ ಅವರ ನೇತೃತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಏಕ ಸದಸ್ಯ ವಿಚಾರಣಾ ಆಯೋಗವನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಿ ತನಿಖೆಗೆ ವಹಿಸಿದೆ.
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) July 14, 2024
ಪ್ರಕರಣದ… pic.twitter.com/UmiUQ8V8wZ
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Why remove Mahatma Gandhi's name, asks Priyanka on move to replace MGNREGA
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed the government over its move to change the name of MGNREGA, asking what is the government's intention behind removing the name of Mahatma Gandhi who is the tallest leader not just in India but in the world.
A bill to repeal the MGNREGA and bring a new law for rural employment -- Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025 -- is set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha. According to a copy of the bill, it seeks to introduce the VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, in Parliament and repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) of 2005.
Asked about the government's move, Priyanka Gandhi said, "Whenever the name of a scheme is changed there are so many changes that have to be made in offices, stationery... for which money is spent. So, what is the benefit, why it is being done?"
"Why is Mahatma Gandhi's name being removed. Mahatma Gandhi is considered the tallest leader not just in the country but in the world, so removing his name, I really don't understand what is the objective? What is their intention?" she told reporters in Parliament House complex.
ALSO READ: Ex-PM Devegowda warns opposition of electoral losses if they continue to allege 'vote chori'
"Even when we are debating it is on other issues not the real issues of the people. Time is being wasted, money is being wasted, they are disrupting themselves," Priyanka Gandhi added.
The bill aims at establishing a "rural development framework aligned with the national vision of Viksit Bharat 2047", by providing a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work.
The bill has been listed in the Lok Sabha in the supplementary list of business issued on Monday.
Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in the statement of purpose of the Bill, said MGNREGA has provided guaranteed wage-employment to rural households over the past 20 years.
However, "further strengthening has become necessary in view of the significant socio-economic transformation witnessed in the rural landscape driven by widespread coverage of the social security interventions and saturation-oriented implementation of major government schemes", he said.
#WATCH | दिल्ली: कांग्रेस सांसद प्रियंका गांधी वाड्रा ने MGNREGA का नाम बदले जाने पर कहा, "...वे महात्मा गांधी का नाम क्यों हटा रहे हैं? वे इस देश के, इतिहास के और दुनिया के सबसे बड़े नेता माने जाते हैं। मुझे समझ नहीं आ रहा इसके पीछे इनकी(सरकार की) मंशा क्या है? सदन चल नहीं रहा।… pic.twitter.com/gp5wNLllDu
— ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) December 15, 2025
