MUDA case: CM Siddaramaiah shares video showing covered portion of letter written by his wife
Bengaluru, Aug 26: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday shared a video on his social media handle in a bid to silence the BJP and the JD(S) for raising doubts over a whitener used by his wife Parvathi in her application seeking an alternative site against the ‘illegal acquisition’ of her land by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in Mysuru.
The chief minister said his wife had only asked for alternative land either in Devanur Third Stage or any other layout formed by MUDA afterwards.
The video shows a mobile torch light focused on the portion of the letter which was covered by whitener. It read: "either in Devanur Third Stage or any other equivalent layout formed later".
The letter written by Parvathi read, “The Authority has not provided me any compensation for my land. Hence, I request the authority to grant me a land of the dimension similar to my property measuring 3 acres 16 guntas ‘either in Devanur Third Stage Layout or any other equivalent layout formed later’ by the MUDA. If it is not possible, then I request (to the Authority) to return my land.”
“BJP-JDS leaders are tearing their throats as if it is a great crime has been committed by putting whitener on four or five words in the application submitted by my wife (requesting MUDA) to give replacement land to our family land illegally acquired by MUDA,” the chief minister wrote in a post on social media platform X.
He asked the BJP and the JD(S) leaders to take off their "hate glasses" and see properly.
Due to the non-availability of plots there (in Devanur Layout), whitener was put on four or five words, Siddaramaiah explained.
He said there was neither an administrative note, nor order or even approval in the letter. It has only one request to get her land.
The chief minister asked the "legal luminaries" in the rival camp what they would say for spreading falsehoods that his wife had applied for land in Vijayanagar in Mysuru and later whitener was put on the portion when the MUDA issue came to fore.
The MUDA case pertains to the allotment of compensatory sites (plots) to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi against the ‘illegal acquisition’ of three acres and 16 Guntas of land in Kesarur in Mysuru city by the development authority.
The opposition BJP and the JD(S) have cried foul and three activists approached Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot requesting him to permit an investigation against the chief minister. The governor gave his assent on August 16, which put Karnataka politics into a turmoil.
The governor had issued the order permitting investigation and prosecution of the chief minister after activists Pradeepkumar S P, T J Abraham and Snehamayi Krishna submitted to him petitions requesting it.
The chief minister has approached the Karnataka High Court seeking to quash the governor’s order and grant interim relief.
The matter will come up for hearing on August 29.
ಮುಡಾ ಅಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ಸ್ವಾದೀನಪಡಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ ನಮ್ಮ ಕುಟುಂಬದ ಜಮೀನಿಗೆ ಬದಲಿ ಭೂಮಿ ನೀಡುವಂತೆ ನನ್ನ ಪತ್ನಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದ ಅರ್ಜಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಲ್ಕೈದು ಪದಗಳಿಗೆ ವೈಟ್ನರ್ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿದನ್ನೇ ಮಹಾನ್ ಅಪಾರಾಧವೆಂಬಂತೆ ಗಂಟಲು ಹರಿದುಕೊಂಡ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ – ಜೆಡಿಎಸ್ ನಾಯಕರೇ, ವೈಟ್ನರ್ ಹಿಂದಿರುವ ಅಕ್ಷರಗಳೇನು ಎಂಬುದು ಈ ವೀಡಿಯೋದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುತ್ತಿದೆ,… pic.twitter.com/NMQfgViKNp
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BJP stages walkout in Karnataka assembly over 'non-disbursal' of Gruha Lakshmi payout
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): The opposition BJP on Wednesday staged a walkout from the Karnataka assembly protesting the alleged "non-disbursal" of two months' installments to 1.26 crore beneficiaries under a woman's assistance scheme of the state government.
The protest followed a heated debate in which the opposition accused the state government of providing "misleading" information regarding the payment status of the flagship Gruha Lakshmi scheme.
The saffron party members trooped into the well of the House and raised slogans, leading to the adjournment of the proceedings of the House for over an hour.
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The Gruha Lakshmi guarantee scheme is one of the five pre-poll promises of the ruling Congress. It provides Rs 2,000 monthly to women heads of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.
The BJP legislators accused Woman and Child Welfare Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar of having "misled" the House by giving false information to BJP MLA Mahesh Tenginkai that all the instalments till August have been paid under the scheme.
The opposition charged that the installments for the months of February and March this year were not paid.
The BJP MLAs' grouse was that they had been demanding an explanation from the Minister for the past three days, but she never turned up to provide information.
As soon as the session started, the opposition members trooped into the well of the House demanding the Minister's presence, which led to the adjournment.
When the members assembled again, the Minister replied that this is a unique flagship programme of the Congress government, which is a model for all the states.
Hebbalkar said she always strived to ensure that this scheme is implemented religiously.
"However, when I checked, I noticed that two months' installments were not paid to the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). If my reply has hurt anyone, then I express my regret," she said.
Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who came to the defence of Hebbalkar, said the BJP should apologise for the lie in the Union Budget.
"Despite the Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing Rs 5,300 crore for the Upper Bhadra Irrigation Project in the budget, the money was not given to Karnataka. You should question that as well," Shivakumar underlined.
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To this, Leader of Opposition in the assembly R Ashoka said the matter was raised because not only were the BJP members hurt but also the 1.26 crore beneficiaries who were eagerly waiting for the money.
Demanding that the lie be expunged from the House records, he insisted on a date for when the backlog will be paid to the beneficiaries.
The Minister said she was apologising for giving a wrong reply, but she was peeved at the way a woman was targeted in the House.
Objecting to this statement, BJP MLA S Suresh Kumar asked her to refrain from playing victim card and bring up the issue of gender, caste and religious discrimination as it was a matter related to 1.26 crore people.
Ashoka and the BJP MLAs then staged a walkout, saying the Minister's reply was not satisfactory.
