Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah reiterated on Tuesday that he has no role in the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority scam and will not resign.
Speaking to media persons at Ravindra Kalakshetra here, CM Siddaramaiah said: "I am working according to my conscience and there is no need for my resignation."
Opposition parties are masters in lying. Will it be over if I tender my resignation? They are demanding my resignation unnecessarily. I have not committed any mistakes," Siddaramaiah said when asked whether he would resign.
"I don't know on what grounds money laundering charges are framed against me," he said.
"Feeling sad over the turn of events, my wife surrendered land to MUDA. How can it be compared to the confession of crime?" said CM Siddaramaiah on opposition claims that he had accepted the illegalities in the MUDA case.
Siddaramaiah said that his wife decided to return the sites to MUDA and he did not have the knowledge of that.
The chief minister said he came to know about Parvathy's intention only after she wrote the letter.
"Parvathy owned 3.16 acres of land. MUDA had encroached the land and distributed the sites. She sought alternative sites or land after this. They had made allotments in Vijayanagara third and fourth stages. The allotment was not sought to be made in Vijayanagar locality," said CM Siddaramaiah.
"We had only asked for alternative land and they had made allotments in the Vijayanagara locality. Now, it has become a big controversy. She decided to surrender the sites since her husband's political image is dented by this development and politics of rivalry and hatred is pursued by opponents," Siddaramaiah claimed.
Attacking the BJP for referring to his 2011 statement when he was an opposition leader against then CM B. S. Yediyurappa, Siddaramaiah said: "There is a difference between former CM Yediyurappa's case and my case. I have no role in this case. Yediyurappa had denotified the land. Have I de-notified? Have I given any orders? Sent letters? Is there any money laundering? There is nothing. There is no comparison to his case," he maintained.
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