Siddaramaiah fumes at opposition for targeting his wife in MUDA case

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday came down heavily on the opposition BJP and the JDS for dragging his wife Parvathi B M in the MUDA case who had never stepped into public life and stayed within her houseHe also accused the opposition of targeting him because they could not tolerate a person from a backward community in the chief ministerrsquos postSpeaking at the lsquoSwabhimani Samavesharsquo selfesteem convention in Manvi Taluk which was organised for the lsquoAHINDArsquo minorities backward and Dalit communities Siddaramaiah said the five guarantees introduced by the Congress government last year is strengthening the poor backward minorities women and Dalits by raising their economical and social status which the opposition BJP and the JDS could not tolerateThey opposition got so frustrated that they dragged my wife who had never entered politics or stepped out of her house in public life on the road You need to ask opposition this question whether this is justified the chief minister saidThere is mounting pressure from the opposition parties on Siddaramaiah to resign from his post after a special court ordered the Lokayukta police on September 25 to investigate him in the Mysore Urban Development Authority MUDA site allotment caseAccordingly the Lokayukta police on September 27 registered an FIR against Siddaramaiah his wife Parvathi brotherinlaw Mallikarjuna Swamy Devaraju from whom Mallikarjuna Swamy purchased land and gifted it to Parvathi and othersThe order of the Special Court came a day after the High Court upheld the sanction granted by the Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to conduct an investigation against SiddaramaiahThe ED has also registered an Enforcement Case Information Report ECIR equivalent to an FIR by police against the chief minister over the alleged irregularities in the allotment of 14 sites to his wife by the MUDAThe MUDA on October 1 decided to take back the 14 plots allotted to Siddaramaiahs wife following her decision to relinquish their ownership and possession The MUDA has ordered to cancel the sale deed of these plots its Commissioner A N Raghunandan had saidSiddaramaiah asked the audience whether it was wrong to give them five guarantees and also Indira Canteens offering subsidised breakfast and meals Ksheera Bhagya scheme Ksheera Dhaare scheme Vidya Siri scheme and Mathrupoorna schemeHe alleged that the opposition wanted to tarnish his image and trouble him politically though he did not commit any mistakeThey want to topple the Siddaramaiah government for just one mistake that I belong to a backward community Thatrsquos their opposition party leaders heartburn Can you tolerate this the chief minister chargedMy mistake is that I worked towards giving the backward communities the kind of social freedom B R Ambedkar had dreamt of he addedEarlier speaking to reporters Siddaramaiah said the lsquoSwabhimani Samavesharsquo was not against anyone but to increase the selfesteem of minorities backward communities and Dalits AHINDA communities in the stateThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever