MUDA Takes Back 14 Plots Of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s Wife

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi BM had written to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) on Monday to relinquish the ownership of the 14 plots allotted to her in the Vijayanagar layout. The MUDA on Tuesday decided to take back the plots and also ordered to cancel the their sale deed.

Mysuru: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) on Tuesday decided to take back the 14 plots allotted to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi BM. The MUDA has also ordered to cancel the sale deed of these plots in Vijayanagar Layout 3rd and 4th stages.

MUDA commissioner AN Raghunandan said that he would begin the process now. "I will write to the sub-registrar to initiate the cancellation (of the land deed) and discuss the next steps. Once the title deeds in Parvathi’s name are cancelled, all 14 sites of various dimensions in Vijayanagar Third and Fourth Stages will revert to MUDA ownership,” AN Raghunandan said.

Raghunandan said that after consulting panel advocates and the legal officer, and determining that 'everything is correct', the authority reached this conjecture of taking back the plots. "So, we have ordered to take it back. We have ordered to cancel the sale deed and handed it over to the sub-registrar," he added.

After Siddaramaiah was booked by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case, Parvathi BM announced that she would return the plots that had been given to her, claiming that her husband's honour, dignity, and peace of mind were more important to her than any high-end property, or money.

This case involves allegations that CM Siddaramaiah's wife received 14 compensatory sites in Mysuru's Vijayanagar Layout 3rd and 4th stages and that these locations had a higher property value compared to the location of her land that MUDA had acquired.

Speaking about his wife's decision in Bengaluru, CM Siddaramaiah said that she single-handedly decided to return the sites. “My wife has not discussed anything about this with me. This decision has been taken by her independently," the CM added.

A First Information Report (FIR) was filed against CM Siddaramaiah and multiple others in the MUDA site allotment scam. The FIR was registered by the Lokayukta police on September 27 following a court order.