Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 19 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundurao on Monday attacked Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot for sanctioning prosecution sanction against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in a case of alleged corruption in the allotment of land to his wife by the Mysore Urban Development Authority.
Gundurao asked the governor to leave Karnataka; otherwise, the Congress would fight for it. He also attacked BJP state president BY Vijayendra and JD(S) leader and Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Gundurao alleged that BY Vijayendra “has done his PhD in corruption.” He said that Kumaraswamy has “blackmail skills”.
“HD Kumaraswamy has hatched a conspiracy by joining a group of thieves. Corruption and Vijayendra are not different; both are the same. Those who were born in corruption, grew up in corruption are speaking about corruption,” he said.
Karnataka Congress held protestss opposing the governor’s sanctions against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at Freedom Park here and all district centres in Karnataka on Monday.
Meanwhile,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 MUDA ‘scam’, till the next date of hearing before the High Court.
A bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna posted the plea for hearing on August 29 which was filed by Siddaramaiah challenging the sanction for his prosecution by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot in the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment scam.
While hearing Chief Minister’s plea, the High Court said trial shall not take any precipitative action based on the Governor’s sanction against Siddaramaiah in the MUDA case, as the High Court is hearing the matter.
The High Court said proceedings before trial court shall be deferred till the next date of hearing before the High Court.
In its order, the bench stated, “It was argued that the proceedings before the trial court are up for orders on whether a sanction should be granted to prosecute the Chief Minister. Any order permitting action to proceed further against the Chief Minister, would frustrate the proceedings before this court. Since the proceedings are pending before this court, the trial court shall defer its proceedings till the next date of hearing. There shall be no precipitative action qua these complaints.” (ANI)
