Karnataka BJP leaders on way to protest against MUDA ‘scam’ detained in Bengaluru

PTI, Jul 12, 2024, 12:16 PM IST

Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra and several other party leaders were detained here on Friday when were on their way to Mysuru to stage a protest against alleged fraudulent allotment of sites to land losers by Mysuru Urban Development Authority, which involves plots given to the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife.

They were scheduled to attend a protest rally in Mysuru — the Chief Minister’s home district- and lay a siege to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) office there.

“There should be an impartial investigation. There cannot be an SIT investigation headed by the state government. BJP is demanding that the CM should hand over the investigation of this case to the CBI. Secondly, when the CM himself is involved in this scam, he should resign. Not only the CM’s family but many ministers and their relatives are also involved in this scam. It is a scam of more than Rs 5000 crores. So the CM cannot escape responsibility. Being the CM of the state, he should answer to the people of Karnataka. We demand that he should hand over the investigation of this case to the CBI,” Vijayendra told ANI.

Earlier on Thursday, following the protests of the Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against state Chief Minister Siddaramiah over the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam, the latter attacked the party saying that they too know how to ‘resist politically’.

(With inputs from ANI)