Lokayukta probe into illegal mining led to B.S. Yediyurappa resigning as CM in 2011 Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah encountered a second legal setback in as many days, with the Special Court for MLAs/MPs in Bengaluru yesterday approving an investigation against him in Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land scam. The first blow came on Tuesday,…
Bengaluru: BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra has demanded that, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah must resign, following the High Court verdict in MUDA site scam and cooperate with the investigation. Quoting the words of Siddaramaiah, who as an Opposition Leader of Legislative Assembly earlier, had demanded the then CM B.S. Yediyurappa that, he should immediately resign and…
2016: Siddaramaiah clips Lokayukta powers to form ACB; 2022: HC dissolves ACB; 2024: Siddaramaiah faces Lokayukta probe Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who significantly undermined the Lokayukta’s authority during his first term in 2016 by establishing the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), now finds himself embroiled in a crisis as the same Lokayukta Police is set to investigate…
Cites Lal Bahadur Shastri’s resignation to say ‘Such a sense of responsibility is lacking today’ Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Lokayukta, Justice N. Santosh Hegde, has called on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to resign in light of the Karnataka High Court’s decision regarding the MUDA site allotment case. Speaking to reporters in Mangaluru yesterday, Justice Hegde stressed the…
Will political uncertainty leave Dasara festival organisers scrambling for clarity? Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who has navigated through numerous allegations of scandals during his four-decade-long political career, now faces mounting trouble from his home district of Mysuru. The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment scam, a case originating in the very region that catapulted…
Bengaluru: Petitioners Snehamayi Krishna and S.P. Pradeep Kumar, in the MUDA case, announced yesterday that they would demand a CBI probe once an FIR is registered against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Speaking to the media after the Special Court entrusted the investigation to the Mysuru Lokayukta, Snehamayi Krishna stated that after legal procedures are initiated and…
“I repeat… that all power is a trust — that we are accountable for its exercise — that, from the people, and for the people, all springs, and all must exist.” — Benjamin Disraeli quoted by Justice M. Nagaprasanna in the closing part of his judgement. Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave and Jayaprakash Narayan have said…
Bengaluru: The Special Court for People’s Representatives in Bengaluru has ordered an investigation into the complaint filed by Snehamayi Krishna under the Prevention of Corruption Act of 1988 against CM Siddaramaiah. This comes a day after the High Court rejected Siddaramaiah’s petition challenging the Governor’s order for his prosecution. Special Court Judge Santosh Gajanana Bhat…
Petitioner against CM in prosecution case files complaint at Mysuru Lokayukta SP Office Mysuru: A day after the Karnataka High Court rejected Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s petition to quash the Governor’s sanction for his prosecution in the MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority) scam, Bengaluru-based activist S.P. Pradeep Kumar, one of the three complainants who petitioned the…
Bengaluru: Slamming the Opposition parties for demanding his resignation, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah firmly stated that he is not guilty, pointing out that the High Court has merely ordered a probe into the controversial MUDA case. “Kumaraswamy is on bail. Did anyone ask for his resignation? The Court has only directed an inquiry in the MUDA…
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