Rebel calms down, Cong party stages 'unity' show

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February 20, 2013

Mangalore, Feb 20: Following high drama in the morning over the selection of members for the newly formed district-level election committee constituted to select candidates for the upcoming urban local body elections, members of the Congress party including the rebel-in-chief former Mayor Ashraf staged a 'unity' show in front of the media.

Addressing media persons at the district Congress office later in the day on Wednesday, Mr. Ashraf said that he is willing to forget the incident and continue to work as a responsible Congress worker for the sake of victory in MCC polls.

The press conference which was attended by Congress leader K S Mohammed Masood, against whom Mr. Ashraf had spoken in the media in the morning, U T Khader, MLA, Ivan D'Souza, KPCC member, Kodijal Ibrahim, Moideen Bawa and others chose to play down the high tension conflict which was on display at the office in the morning after B Janardhana Poojary announced the newly formed committee members.

Mr. Ibrahim who addressed the press, said that the party members will abide by the decision taken by senior leaders B Ramanath Rai and B Janardhana Poojary in unison.

“Out of the 21 people appointed in the committee, 8 are Muslims, 5 are Christians and 2 are Jains, making it 15 members from the minority communities in all. Mr. Rai and Mr. Poojary have selected a committee on the basis of secular principles that the party believes in. The Congress party will regain its hold on the MCC in this year's election”, he said.

U T Khader, MLA, also sought to dismiss the disunity factor within the Congress by stating that the rebellion displayed by Mr. Ashraf in the morning was due to a “communication gap”.

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No relief for Siddaramaiah in MUDA case as HC junks plea against Governor's sanction

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September 24,2024

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against Governor Thawarchand Gehlot's decision to sanction the complaint and investigation against him in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam case.

Justice M Nagaprasanna said the facts narrated in the petition would undoubtedly require an investigation.

The court has also said that the Governor's order approving sanction to investigate against Siddaramaiah under section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act does not suffer from application of mind, instead has abundance of application of mind.

Meanwhile, the court rejected the request made by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi to stay the order of the court. The court has vacated the interim order passed on August 19. In the interim order the trial court was directed not to take any precipitative action against Siddaramaiah. On August 17, Governor had approved sanction under section 17 A of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 218 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS), citing three applications.

The court said the private complainants were justified in registering the complaint and seeking approval from the governor.

Insofar as private complainants seeking sanction under section 17A, the court said the provision nowhere requires only a police officer to seek sanction from a competent authority. The court further said it is in fact the duty of the private complainants to seek such approval.

Earlier, The High Court had completed its hearing in the case on September 12, and reserved its orders. It had also directed a special court in Bengaluru to defer further proceedings and not to take any precipitative action against the Chief Minister.

The case pertains to allegations that compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah's wife B M Parvathi in an upmarket area in Mysuru that had higher property value as compared to the location of her land that had been "acquired" by MUDA.

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