BJP is not able to tolerate the good work of Karnataka CM, says D.K. Shivakumar

The Deputy CM was reacting to the Karnataka High Court dismissing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s petition challenging the legality of Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s approval for an investigation against him in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment case.

An hour after the High Court ruling, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar said the opposition BJP has hatched a ‘political conspiracy’ against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

“We will stand by him. The Chief Minister and his family had made no mistake,” said Mr Shivakumar, who is also president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. “The Chief Minister will come out clean after the investigation. I will give a detailed reply after reading the High Court judgment”.

“The BJP is not able to tolerate the good work, commitment and contributions of the Chief Minister to Karnataka, and the country....The BJP had hatched conspiracy against me too in the past,” the Deputy CM said.

Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said the State Government will appeal the ruling before a division bench of the High Court of Karnataka.

“We will approach the division bench of the High Court. Later, we will see about moving the Supreme Court,” Mr. Gowda said.

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He alleged that the Raj Bhavan has been ‘transformed into a BJP office’.