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Labour Minister and Dharwad district in-charge Santosh Lad has said that the BJP should first admit that MUDA scam happened during its regime and then it can go ahead with the padayatra. Speaking to presspersons in Hubballi on Monday, Mr. Lad said that already the State government has taken proactive steps in connection with the Valmiki Corporation and MUDA scams. …

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Federation of State Farmers’ Association has urged the State government to order a judicial probe by a sitting High Court judge instead of a retired judge into the Mysuru Urban Development Authority scam. Addressing a press conference in Mysuru on Monday, association president Kurubur Shanthakumar, who is also president of the State Sugarcane Growers’ Association, alleged that influential political leaders …

Basavaraj Bommai, MP and BJP leader, has demanded a CBI probe or a judicial investigation into the alleged scam in the distribution of MUDA sites in Mysuru. Dengue outbreak Mr. Bommai criticised the State government for “failing to control the dengue outbreak”. The State government has completely failed to tackle the dengue fever outbreak, resulting in significant loss of life. …

A delegation of the Federation of State Farmers’ Associations and State Sugarcane Growers’ Association, Mysuru on Saturday met Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru and urged him to take steps for initiating a judicial inquiry into the alleged MUDA scam in Mysuru. In a memorandum submitted to the Governor, Mr. Shanthkumar said the State government has constituted …

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been embroiled in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority scam that comes amid the resignation of one of his ministers, B Nagendra, over alleged illegal money transfer from the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited. The Opposition BJP in the state has alleged that MUDA illegally allotted an alternative site to Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvati. …