After Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s family decided to return the five acres of land allotted to the trust run by his son Rahul Kharge, BJP spokesperson CR Kesavan on Monday said this dramatic turnaround by Kharge sparks very serious suspicions and strong doubts.

Kesavan told ANI, “This dramatic turnaround and hasty withdrawal from the Trust linked to Mallikarjun Kharge’s family raises very serious suspicions and strong doubts. This sudden about-face by the Trust to abandon the government plot attributed to them makes one wonder if they have done it. for fear of prosecution.

Furthermore, one wonders whether the Kharge blast two days ago and the attack on the BJP was not a diversion, whether the attack was a pre-emptive move planned to divert, distract and divert the attention to the real problem, namely the serious problem of the opposition. government land allocated to Kharge’s family who manages the trust.

He further demanded the resignation of Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge.

“He must immediately resign as minister to facilitate a free and fair investigation into why these lands were allocated,” Kesavan added.

Rahul Kharge, son of the Congress leader, on Sunday wrote to the CEO of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) seeking cancellation of ownership of the five-acre land allotted to the Siddhartha Vihar Trust.

In his letter, Rahul Kharge said, “We respectfully withdraw our proposal and request the Board to cancel the allocation of the requested CA site for the Multi Skill Development Center and Research Centre. »

“The board may accept this as a voluntary surrender of the CA site in accordance with clause 8 of the letter of award,” he added.

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“After being caught red-handed, the Kharge family was forced to return the 5-acre CA site which was illegally grabbed under the Siddhartha Vihar Trust. By doing so, Priyank Kharge admitted his wrongdoing! The Kharge family plundered Karnataka. for 50 years. Junior Kharge aka Troll Minister should resign over this scam and betrayal of the people of Karnataka,” the party said.

Karnataka Minister and Congress leader Priyank Kharge slammed the BJP for playing petty politics.

He said that Siddhartha Vihar Trust is a public educational, cultural and charitable trust. This is not a private or family trust. All institutions created are “non-profit”.

“Only a letter of award was issued and the lease deed was not executed. The trust did not apply for or receive any grant, financial support or reduced allocation rate for the allocated CA site,” a he declared on X.

Also read: Mallikarjun Kharge’s son returns land amid row over allotment irregularities

MUDA land allocation “scam”

Recently, after the ED booked Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah for money laundering in a case related to the alleged MUDA land allotment scam, his wife wrote to the MUDA commissioner, offering to return the 14 plots which had been allocated to him by the authority.

The Mysuru Lokayukta formally initiated inquiry and investigation into the matter following a September 27 court order to file an FIR. The Lokayukta has been asked to investigate allegations of illegalities in the allocation of 14 sites worth ₹56 crore to Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi through MUDA. It is alleged that MUDA illegally allotted 14 sites to Siddaramaiah’s wife in a prime location in Mysuru city. (ANI)

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