Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah: Targeted by BJP in land row as I am from backward class | India News – Times of India
MYSURU: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah rebuffed Thursday BJP's allegations that Mysuru Urban Development Authority (Muda) had illegally allotted land to his wife Parvathi, accusing the opposition of targeting him due to his successful leadership as a backward-class CM for the second time."They are upset and are hatching a conspiracy against me because I became chief minister again," he said, accusing BJP of making unsubstantiated claims without proof: "Muda has not suffered losses from the scam; instead, landowners may have due to the involvement of middlemen."According to BJP, Muda allotted Parvathi 14 sites totalling 38,284 sqft in an upscale Mysuru locality as compensation for land in Kesare village on the city's outskirts.The party has demanded a CBI probe into what it called...