Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday held a state-wide protest against the Congress for disrespecting Governor Thawarchand Gehlot after he sanctioned prosecution against CM Siddaramaiah in the MUDA scam.
The protest was led by the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy. BJP leaders and BJP Party Workers including former Deputy Chief Minister Dr.CN Ashwath Narayan joined the protest.
CN Ashwath Narayan said, “It is a fight against corruption, a fight for justice. Urging Congres to take action against its CM Siddaramaiah and ensure that he is immediately dismissed…”
Earlier Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wondered whether the Karnataka governor Thawar Chand Gehlot has not discriminated against him after granting immediate permission to prosecute him in the alleged MUDA ‘scam’ while following a delaying approach in the case of HD Kumaraswamy.
“Has the governor not discriminated by giving immediate permission for prosecution against me? In the case of former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, the Governor has been following a delay policy but he has permitted the prosecution without relying on any investigation report against me. Is this not discrimination?”, CM told reporters in Koppal on Wednesday.
In a post on X, the Karnataka CM said that the Lokayukta Special Investigation Team sought permission for prosecution against the Janata Dal (Secular) leader in the alleged illegal mining case but the governor did not take any action.
Karnataka CM added, ” In HD Kumarawamy’s case, the Governor is following a delaying approach, but he has allowed prosecution against me alone any investigation report. What else is this but discrimination?”
“Kumaraswamy is already scared. They are worried that the governor may allow an investigation into the illegal mining case. Lokayukta SIT submitted an investigation report against him and sought permission for prosecution, but as no action was taken by the Governor, SIT applied again,” CM added.
The CM was speaking in the context of the SIT seeking the Governor’s nod to file a chargesheet against HD Kumaraswamy over an alleged ‘illegal’ mining lease. H.D.Kumarswamy, in turn, accused the Congress of vendetta politics and said that the Congress wanted to malign him using a dead case.
The Karnataka High Court on Monday asked the trial court concerned not to take any precipitative action against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah based on the Governor’s sanction in the MUDA ‘scam’, till the next date of hearing before the High Court.
Earlier, a complaint was filed by social activist Snehamayi Krishna against the Karnataka CM and nine others for allegedly forging documents to claim compensation from the Mysuru Urban Development Authority.
