NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged land allotment scam in the High Tech Defence Aerospace Park in Bengaluru and urged Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to resign, along with his son Priyank from his ministerial position in the Karnataka govt.
“Mallikarjun Kharge and his family are involved in a scandal involving the allocation of land for the High-Tech Defence Aerospace Park in Karnataka.Both Kharge and his son Priyank should resign from their respective posts immediately,” BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said at a press conference.
He said Congress was synonymous with corruption and the party had committed several scams since it came to office in Karnataka. “Controversies like the MUDA scam and the Valmiki development scam took place right under CM Siddaramaiah’s watch. Siddaramaiah was expected to ensure that MUDA benefited the public but, instead, he exploited it to benefit his own family. Now, a land allocation scandal involving the Hi-Tech Defence Aerospace Park has come to light under the Congress govt,”Bhatia said.
He said land was meant to be allocated to entrepreneurs but Kharge and his family received five acres from the Scheduled Caste quota, which “exemplified extreme corruption”. “Whenever Congress forms a govt, corruption swiftly follows,” he added.
Bhatia said five acres in the park were allocated to Siddharth Vihar Trust, which has Kharge as a member, with the second member being Radhakrishnan, Kharge’s son-in-law.
“It seems that prominent Congress leaders prioritise the interests of their sons-in-law. Previously, Robert Vadra received numerous allocations under Congress govts. In the trust, the third member is Mallikarjun Kharge’s wife, the fourth is Priyank Kharge, a minister in the Karnataka govt and Kharge’s son and the fifth is Rahul Kharge, another son of Mallikarjun Kharge,” Bhatia said.
He said Siddaramaiah should immediately resign due to his alleged involvement in the MUDA scam and the Valmiki development scam.
“Mallikarjun Kharge and his family are involved in a scandal involving the allocation of land for the High-Tech Defence Aerospace Park in Karnataka.Both Kharge and his son Priyank should resign from their respective posts immediately,” BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said at a press conference.
He said Congress was synonymous with corruption and the party had committed several scams since it came to office in Karnataka. “Controversies like the MUDA scam and the Valmiki development scam took place right under CM Siddaramaiah’s watch. Siddaramaiah was expected to ensure that MUDA benefited the public but, instead, he exploited it to benefit his own family. Now, a land allocation scandal involving the Hi-Tech Defence Aerospace Park has come to light under the Congress govt,”Bhatia said.
He said land was meant to be allocated to entrepreneurs but Kharge and his family received five acres from the Scheduled Caste quota, which “exemplified extreme corruption”. “Whenever Congress forms a govt, corruption swiftly follows,” he added.
Bhatia said five acres in the park were allocated to Siddharth Vihar Trust, which has Kharge as a member, with the second member being Radhakrishnan, Kharge’s son-in-law.
“It seems that prominent Congress leaders prioritise the interests of their sons-in-law. Previously, Robert Vadra received numerous allocations under Congress govts. In the trust, the third member is Mallikarjun Kharge’s wife, the fourth is Priyank Kharge, a minister in the Karnataka govt and Kharge’s son and the fifth is Rahul Kharge, another son of Mallikarjun Kharge,” Bhatia said.
He said Siddaramaiah should immediately resign due to his alleged involvement in the MUDA scam and the Valmiki development scam.