MUDA scam: BJP-JD(S) agitation against Congress will not end with padayatra, says Ashok

R. Ashok leads BJP-JD(S) fight against MUDA scam, demands Siddaramaiah's resignation, calls for CBI probe.

Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashok said that the the BJP-JD(S) fight against the MUDA scam will not end with their padayatra but will continue till Chief Minister Siddaramaiah resigns as the Chief Minister.

Speaking to media persons here on Friday Mr. Ashok said that all evidence points to the illegality in site allotment in MUDA and Mr.Siddaramaiah should step down to pave way for a fair probe and the case should be handed over to the CBI.

He said the Congress was trying to suppress the MUDA case but the combined opposition will not relent. Mr. Siddaramaiah should also surrender the 14 sites apart from the 450 sites that were distributed to others. Instead, the sites should be allotted to the commoners who have applied for sites and their applications are pending, said Mr. Ashok.

He also took potshots at Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar for threatening to ‘’expose’’ JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy at the Janandolana convention.

‘’If the allegations were true what made the Congress extend unsolicited support to Mr. Kumaraswamy to form a Government twice,” questioned Mr. Ashok and accused it of double standards.

Claiming that he had documentary evidence to prove that Mr. Siddaramaiah had purchased land belonging to a Dalit which is against the law, Mr. Ashok said that his wife Parvathi had no role in the entire episode but it had the stamp of Siddaramaiah all over it.

In reply to a question he said whoever was involved in the MUDA site allotment case, be it from the Congress, the BJP or the JD(S), should be punished.