'Suffering psychological torture': Siddaramaiah backs wife's choice to return MUDA plots

NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has come out in support of his wife Parvati's decision to surrender 14 compensation plots to the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) amidst the ongoing land allotment controversy.

In a post on X, Siddaramaiah accused the opposition parties of creating a false complaint and dragging his family into the controversy to generate political hatred against him.
"My wife Parvati has returned the lands that were given in the form of compensation for the land that was seized without carrying out Muda land acquisition in Mysore.The people of the state also know that the opposition parties created a false complaint and dragged my family into the controversy to create political hatred against me," Karnataka CM said.

Siddaramaiah expressed surprise at his wife's decision to return the plots, stating that his stance was to fight against the injustice without bowing down.
However, he claimed that his wife is suffering psychological torture due to the allegations made against her.
"My wife, who was confined to her family without ever intervening in my four-decade-long politics, is a victim of the politics of hatred against me and is suffering psychological torture," he said. "I am sorry. However, I respect my wife's decision to return the plots," he added.
Parvathi Siddaramaiah's decision to surrender the plots comes after the Enforcement Directorate booked Siddaramaiah, Parvathi, and others in a money laundering case linked to the MUDA land case, following a recent Lokayukta FIR.
In her letter to MUDA, Parvathi requested the cancellation of the deeds of 14 plots executed in her favor and handed over the possession of the plots back to the authority.
Siddaramaiah has defended his actions, maintaining that he has done no wrong and that the opposition is targeting him out of fear. He has vowed to fight the case legally and reiterated that he will not resign over the matter. The allegations against the chief minister include nepotism and corruption charges, with accusations that he influenced MUDA to allot 14 sites to his wife instead of the two 60x40ft plots she was entitled to in Mysuru for her 3.2-acre land in Kesare.