Congress’s Mysuru unit jumps to Siddaramaiah’s defence

Mysore | Thursday | 21st June, 2018

Summary:

MYSURU: The president of the Congress’ Mysuru district unit BJ Vijaykumar sprang to the defence of former chief minister Siddaramaiah, who is facing allegations of having illegally acquired Mysuru Urban Development Authority (Muda) land in the wake of a Right To Information ( RTI ) activist N Gangaraju filing a complaint to the effect. We will provide all documents to the investigating officer, and move the high court seeking closure of the case. Muda provides the certificate, while it is the deputy commissioner who gives clearance for conversion of land. “Police will verify the documents produced by both the parties, and file a chargesheet based on them. All three of them applied to Muda for a no-objection certificate in 1997 to construct houses..