Not afraid of politically malicious criticism, says CM as opposition attacks his govt. over 'scams'
Bengaluru, Jul 15: With opposition parties targeting his government over alleged financial irregularities in a state-run corporation in both Houses of Karnataka legislature and planning to raise the Mysuru Urban Development Authority 'scam' issue, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said he has answers to their "every word" and it is not in his nature to sit quietly, afraid of politically malicious criticism.
He also accused BJP and JD(S) of adopting "hit and run" tactics by lying before the media, and asserted that it will not be allowed in the House (Legislative Assembly/Council).
"How true are the allegations of the opposition parties? How much lies? We will bring it to light in this House. It is not in my nature to sit quietly, afraid of politically malicious criticism," Siddaramaiah said in a post on 'X'.
"BJP and JD(S) leaders, I have an answer for every word of yours. It's not like lying before the media so far, standing somewhere far away and shooting a bullet in the air. This is the House, your hit and run has no place here," he added.
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The illegal money transfer issue, involving Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd, came to the fore, after its accounts superintendent, Chandrashekhar P, died by suicide on May 26, leaving behind a death note.
The note alleged unauthorised transfer of Rs 187 crore belonging to the Corporation from its bank account, and from that, Rs 88.62 crore was illegally moved to various accounts allegedly belonging to "well-known" IT companies and a Hyderabad-based cooperative bank among others.
Following allegations against him in connection with the scam, Scheduled Tribes Welfare Minister B Nagendra tendered his resignation on June 6. He is currently under Enforcement Directorate custody.
The MUDA case is linked to fraudulent allotment of sites to land losers by the Authority, which involves plots given to Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi.
The MUDA had allotted plots to Parvathi under a 50:50 ratio scheme in lieu of 3.16 acres of her land, where MUDA developed a residential layout.
The controversial scheme envisages allotting 50 per cent of developed land to the land loser in lieu of undeveloped land acquired for forming layouts.
BJP and JD(S) have demanded for Siddaramaiah's resignation and CBI probe into both these cases.
Reacting to BJP demanding CM's resignation in connection with the MUDA case, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said: "let them raise their issue in the Assembly, we will respond to it, whether it is MUDA or any other case."
"All scams were done by them (BJP) and they are now blaming us. We are taking several measures to clean up things after coming to power," he told reporters here.
On BJP terming the government's move to constitute a Commission, headed by Justice P N Desai, a retired Karnataka High Court judge, to probe the MUDA alleged scam, an "eyewash" and demanding CBI probe, Shivakumar said: "Should we obey whatever they say? People have given us the mandate. We will do what is good for the state."
ವಿರೋಧ ಪಕ್ಷಗಳ ಆರೋಪಗಳು ಎಷ್ಟು ಸತ್ಯ? ಎಷ್ಟು ಸುಳ್ಳು? ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಈ ಸದನದಲ್ಲೇ ನಾವು ಬಯಲು ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ. ರಾಜಕೀಯ ದುರುದ್ದೇಶದ ಟೀಕೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೆದರಿ ಕೂರುವ ಜಾಯಮಾನ ನನ್ನದಲ್ಲ.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 15, 2024
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
