BJP accuses K'taka CM of causing Rs 300-cr loss; files complaint with ACB

Bengaluru: The Karnataka BJP has filed a complaint with the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, accusing him of "illegally denotifying" land resulting in a loss of Rs 300 crore to the Bengaluru Development Authority.

The complaint was officially filed on Monday, days after the party's OBC Morcha chief BJ Puttaswamy accused Siddaramaiah of illegally denotifying land.

In his complaint, NR Ramesh, a former member of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Bengaluru’s civic body, has named Siddaramaiah and other senior government officials. He has accused them of causing a whopping Rs 300 crore loss to Bengaluru Development Authority.

Puttaswamy had on October 10 alleged that Siddaramaiah was directly responsible for the denotification of land to the extent of over six acres in survey Nos. 20 and 21 at Bhoopasandra, Bangalore North Taluk, which resulted in the loss of Rs 300 crore.

Calling it a "clear case of corruption", he had said that he would take up the issue with the ACB.

Hitting back at the BJP, Siddaramaiah said that the BJP is making a "false" allegation with an intention to tarnish his image ahead of the assembly election early next year.

He also said that he was considering legal action against Puttaswamy, and that there were no documents to show that he had passed any such order.