BENGALURU: Court of conscience is above all courts and people should be true to their conscience, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is facing the biggest challenge of his political career in the ongoing MUDA crisis, has said.
Lokayukta police are investigating the MUDA case and the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has registered a case against him.
Speaking at a Gandhi Jayanti programme in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah quoted Mahatma Gandhi’s statement that the court of conscience is above all courts and people must act according to their conscience.
“We all should be true to our conscience and that is the true respect we show to Mahatma Gandhi,” the chief minister said, and added that all may not get justice in courts, but they must act according to their conscience. Siddaramaiah said irrespective of others’ appreciation or criticism, one should always be true to their conscience.
He said that Mahatma Gandhi and Dr BR Ambedker’s aspirations cannot be fulfilled merely by speeches and the government needs to propagate their values and messages among the public. They also need to implement programmes to create an equal and equitable society, the CM said.
“Our government is working in this direction,” he told the gathering.
Morality bigger than conscience: Somanna
Union Minister V Somanna said morality is bigger than conscience and CM Siddaramaiah must immediately resign from his post.
“I do not know if he spoke about conscience and have a lot of respect for him. No one is bigger than the law. He should resign now and we have no problem if he comes back as CM after getting clean chit. For all of us, morality is bigger than conscience,” the Union Minister said responding to the CM’s remarks.
Former Deputy CM and BJP MP Govind Karjol said Siddaramaiah has failed to deliver an honest administration. If he is honest, Siddaramaiah should have resigned immediately after allegations were made but he is holding on to power, the BJP leader said.
Siddaramaiah’s conduct also made people suspect politicians and officials, he added.
Petition in court to prevent sale of already allotted MUDA sites
A petition has been filed in the Mysuru Principal Civil and JMFC Court, seeking an injunction to prevent the sale of sites already allotted under the Mysuru Urban Development Authority 50:50 scheme.
The plea, filed by advocate S Arun Kumar, requests the court to halt any transactions involving layouts, incentive sites, and those allotted during the tenure of MUDA Commissioner Dinesh Kumar, pending investigation.
Addressing a press meet here on Wednesday, Arun said this is done to prevent the sale of these sites to third parties until the ongoing investigation is complete.
Arun highlighted the pote-ntial for fraud, where bene-ficiaries of the 50:50 site allocation scheme could transfer ownership to unsuspecting buyers.
“With-out a restriction on site tran-sfers, there is a risk that innocent individuals could unknowingly become embr-oiled in legal issues. To prev-ent such incidents, the court has been asked to impose a ban on any sales or transfers of 50:50 ratio sites until the probe concludes,” he added.
