CM Siddaramaiah convenes CLP meet as guv gives nod to prosecute him

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has convened a Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting on August 22 in the wake of Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot granting permission to prosecute him in the alleged site allotment scam in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority.

According to a statement issued by the chief minister's office, the meeting will be held in Vidhana Souda conference Hall.

The meeting is related to the MUDA developments. The chief minister will brief the Congress legislators about the facts of the case and will chalk out a strategy to fight the case legally and politically, a source in the CM House told PTI.

Gehlot granted permission to prosecute Siddaramaiah, acting on complaints by three private individuals.

In the MUDA 'scam', it is alleged that compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi in an upmarket area in Mysuru, which had higher property value compared to the location of her land, which had been "acquired" by MUDA.

MUDA had allotted 14 s