Congress MPs will choose PM after polls: Rahul

New Delhi, Jan 17: Speaking at the AICC meeting in New Delhi on Friday, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said, “Ten years of stability by UPA have given vast opportunities for youth. I thank Prime MInister for the great job he has done.”

Stating that Congress MPs will choose prime minister after elections, Mr Gandhi said, "I am a soldier of Congress. Will do whatever the party wants me to do.

The Congress vice-president pitched for the common man and requested the Prime Minister to increase the subsidised LPG cylinders from 9 to 12.

Mr. Gandhi said Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other senior leaders are Congress' power and further added that “We have to bring back the voice of MPs and MLAs in lawmaking.”

Mr. Gandhi asserted “Common people should enter politics which is not easy now.”

Mr. Gandhi made a veiled attack on BJP for disrupting Parliament year after year, lighting fire of communal hatred.

He said “We want to give the country anti-graft bills which will transform the country, punish corrupt and protect the honest.”

Mr. Gandhi further stated “Congress workers will be given tickets to fight polls, not those from other parties who come for tickets.” He however, added “It does not mean we will close doors for others. We want new ideas and thinking too.”

Mr. Gandhi made an oblique attack on the BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and said “structures of democracy will not be handed over to one person.”

The Congress vice-president further said that Congress will take views of dalit, tribals, workers, industrialists, youth, women and NGOs for drafting manifesto for Lok Sabha polls 2014. He stated “50 per cent of Congress Chief Ministers should be women.”

While speaking on the ensuing Parliament session, Mr. Gandhi reminded “6 anti-corruption bills should be passed in Parliament in the next three months.”

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Lokayukta team arrives at disputed plot; CM likely to get ED summons

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October 1,2024

Mysuru, Oct 1: The Karnataka Lokayukta team on Tuesday arrived at the disputed plot in Mysuru and began investigation into the MUDA case against CM Siddaramaiah and his wife, news agency ANI reported. Snehamayi Krishna, the complainant in the case was also present with the team.

Sources stated that ED sleuths might issue a notice to CM Siddaramaiah at any time and issue summons to him for questioning. The sleuths are also keenly watching the movements of CM Siddaramaiah’s close associates and relatives, including a cabinet minister in connection with the MUDA scam.

Sources further said that there is a possibility of the ED conducting raids across the state on offices and residences of close associates of CM Siddaramaiah. The ED has also gathered information on bank accounts and financial transactions of CM Siddaramaiah and his associates.

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Monday registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), equivalent to an FIR by the police, against CM Siddaramaiah over the alleged irregularities in the allotment of 14 sites to his wife Parvathi B.M. by the Mysore Urban Development Authority. The ED registered the case taking cognisance of the FIR registered against the Chief Minister by the Lokayukta police on September 27.

Meanwhile, the Karnataka Lokayukta probing the MUDA case has also expedited the probe. The sleuths led by Mysuru Lokayukta SP T.J. Udesh have visited the controversial land on the outskirts of Mysuru city. The petitioner, Snehamayi Krishna, also accompanied the team.

The move of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife to return 14 sites allotted by the MUDA to her has triggered a debate. BJP MLA from Mysuru T.S. Srivatsa stated on Tuesday that the move of CM’s wife is not acceptable. "The two commissioners who colluded in the MUDA scam are roaming freely even today," he said.

"CM Siddaramaiah first claimed that there was no scam at all. Later, he formed a commission and now there is an FIR against him. After committing the mistake, you offer to return the sale deed. The time is up. He will have to tender his resignation and I am sure he won’t be in the position until Dasara festivities," MLA T.S. Srivatsa stated.

T.J. Abraham, one of the petitioners in the MUDA case said, “I had demanded the MUDA commissioner to take back the allotted sites. He had written back saying the process would be initiated. They were waiting for the investigation report."

"CM Siddaramaiah has not approached the division bench or the Supreme Court to challenge the order against him because there is nothing to be challenged. Returning sites is not a big sacrifice. The Chief Minister has lost it," Abraham stated.

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