Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah Defends Amid MUDA Land Scam Allegations
Siddaramaiah denies involvement in wife's decision to return disputed plots and vows to fight legal battles without resigning.
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is under investigation for alleged irregularities in the MUDA land allotment to his wife.
- Siddaramaiah's wife, Parvathi, has offered to return the 14 plots, claiming the decision was solely hers to avoid political controversy.
- The BJP-JDS alliance demands the Chief Minister's resignation, asserting that the letter from his wife implies his guilt.
- Siddaramaiah maintains that the land was a gift from his wife's brother and that MUDA had encroached upon it.
- The Enforcement Directorate has initiated a money laundering case against Siddaramaiah, which he argues is not relevant to the MUDA issue.