Siddaramaiah alleged that "the nurturers of caste inequality killed Mahatma Gandhi". His remarks came while speaking after inaugurating an international symposium "Mahatma Gandhi for the 21st Century" organised at Gandhi Bhavan to commemorate the 75th year of the Gandhi Memorial Fund.
The Karnataka government's move comes after horrific rape-murder of a doctor in Kolkata hospital shocked the entire nation.
This comes after Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot sanctioned Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's prosecution based on a complaint filed by an RTI activist.
The Congress leader was referring to the mob attack on Prime Minister's Palace in Bangladesh in which Sheikh Hasina had to flee the country after violent students' protests.
Notably, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah filed a writ petition in the High Court and challenged the decision of the Governor for giving approval to run a case against him in the MUDA land scam case.
Following Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot's decision to grant sanction for the prosecution of CM Siddaramaiah in the MUDA alternative site 'scam,' Deputy CM and Congress state President D K Shivakumar announced a statewide protest on August 19.
Siddaramaiah rejected the allegations and asserted that his wife deserved a fair compensation and further called it a ‘conspiracy’ against him to destabilise the Congress government by unsettling him.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla claimed the Congress govt is "the most corrupt in India's history" and alleged that prime land was allocated to Siddaramaiah's associates and family. Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has sanctioned Siddaramaiah’s prosecution.
Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot has sanctioned the Karnataka chief minister's prosecution based on a complaint filed by an RTI activist. On the other hand, Siddaramaiah said that the Congress government is ready to fight it legally and politically.
The Finance Department has directed all state departments to close their accounts in these banks and recover their deposits immediately.
Karnataka CM added that to counter the BJP-JD (S) padyatra, the Congress had organised ‘Janandolan conventions’ to convey to the people that the allegations of the BJP are false.
The Karnataka Police had filed a chargesheet under the POCSO Act, alleging offenses including sexual assault and harassment. Earlier, the High Court had barred Yediyurappa's arrest, citing his stature. Yediyurappa denies the allegations, vowing to contest them legally.
Wayanad landslides: A team of three officers and 30 sailors augmented the efforts of the Indian Army in assembling and constructing the crucial Bailey Bridge over the river connecting the regions of Chooralmala and Mundakkai, which were isolated by the landslides.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah criticises Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot for issuing a show-cause notice to him regarding the alleged MUDA scam.
Karnataka BJP targeted Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over alleged irregularities in the distribution of sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), including to the CM's wife.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is currently investigating the 187-crore Valmiki scam in Karnataka. So far, former Karnataka Minister and Congress leader B Nagendra has been arrested in the case. He is under judicial custody.
MUDA scam: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has categorically dismissed the allegations by the opposition BJP stating that the MUDA formed a layout on the land belonging to his wife Parvathi without their knowledge.
Earlier, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister also announced to boycott NITI Aayog meeting saying that it was appropriate to skip the meeting as the state was neglected in the budget.
The development comes amid a huge outrage over paper leaks and irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). Also, recently, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar had appealed to the Centre to scrap the NEET and allow states to conduct their own entrance tests.
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