MYSURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday alleged that the opposition BJP supplied Rs 50 crore every to 50 Congress MLAs to take away his authorities. He stated not one of the Congress MLAs agreed with it, on account of which the BJP is now resorting to submitting false instances in opposition to him. “To overthrow the Siddaramaiah authorities one way or the other, they (BJP) supplied Rs 50 crore to 50 MLAs. The place did they get a lot cash from? Did former Chief Ministers B S Yediyurappa, Basavaraj Bommai, Chief of the Opposition R Ashoka, BJP state president B Y Vijayendra print the cash?” Siddaramaiah requested after inaugurating public works value Rs 470 crore within the T Narasipura meeting constituency in Mysuru district.
He stated it was all “bribe cash”. “They’ve made crores of rupees. Utilizing the cash, they supplied Rs 50 crore to every MLA,” the chief minister alleged.
“However none of our MLAs agreed for it this time. That is why they’ve began a marketing campaign to take away this authorities one way or the other. That is why they’re doing it (submitting false instances),” Siddaramaiah stated.
The Congress has 133 MLAs within the 224-member Karnataka Meeting, whereas the BJP and its ally JD(S) have 65 and 18 MLAs respectively. Siddaramaiah accused the BJP of threatening the chief ministers of all of the non-BJP dominated states by way of Revenue Tax, CBI, ED. Referring to the MUDA website allotment rip-off through which the Lokayukta had registered a case in opposition to him, his spouse Parvathi B M and brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy, Siddaramaiah stated it was “100 per cent false”.
He stated he’s not the one who got here into politics just lately however has been into it for the previous a number of many years and have become a minister for the primary time 40 years in the past. He additional stated he was twice the chief of the opposition, twice the deputy chief minister and twice the chief minister and there have been no stains on him.
“At present they (BJP) have filed a false case saying that Siddaramaiah and his spouse have taken 14 websites. Do Siddaramaiah require politics for 14 websites? They (opposition) assume individuals are idiot. As long as I’ve the blessings of individuals, I can’t yield or get cowed,” he stated. He stated the opposition BJP and its ally JD(S) made baseless allegations, framed false instances and misused their powers through the use of the ED and the Governor.
“They tried this (misusing companies) on many individuals. They did it on Soren (Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren), Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and now they’re making an attempt on me,” the chief minister stated. In line with him, the BJP was developing with false instances as a result of the 5 ensures launched by him have been for the advantage of poor.
Siddaramaiah alleged that the BJP got here to energy twice –in 2008 and 2019 by way of the backdoor, as they didn’t have the individuals’s mandate. He recalled that the BJP obtained 110 seats within the 224-member Karnataka meeting in 2008 and 104 seats in 2019. The chief minister claimed that the BJP paid Rs 30 crore to purchase 17 MLAs – three from the JD(S) and 14 from the Congress to return to energy in 2019.
“They gave Rs 30 crore to every MLA. The place did they get a lot cash? Is not it corruption cash? Then again, Congress obtained 120 seats in 2013 and 136 seats in 2023,” Siddaramaiah stated.
