Bengaluru: Siddhartha Vihar Trust, connected to the household of Congress head of state Mallikarjun Kharge, was allocated a Civic Amenities (CA) website by the Karnataka Industries Areas Development Board (KIADB) and the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), a BJP leader has actually declared.
While the BDA allocated 8,125 square metres of land in April 2010 when B S Yeddyurappa was primary preacher, the KIADB’s part of 5 acres happened throughout the present Congress dispensation in May 2024.
In his issue to the Lokayukta, BJP leader N R Ramesh recommended that the count on hid the info regarding the BDA’s part while obtaining the CA website in the KIADB. He likewise kept in mind that the count on mistreated the powers as the KIADB allocated the huge parcel within 2 months of the count on using.
“One trust cannot be given more than one CA site for the same purpose. Kharge’s family was allotted sites in BTM Layout and Yelahanka for educational purposes,” he declared in his issue. “This amounts to land grabbing.”
As per the issue, the BDA initially allocated 8,125 sqmt in Banashankari sixth Stage, 5th Block, to the count on. Subsequently, Kharge’s household came close to the BDA, looking for a different website. In May 2014, when the Congress was in power, the BDA allocated a different website of 8,002 sqmt in BTM Layout fourth Stage, second Block, on a 30-year-lease for a charge of Rs 1.99 crore.
After the Congress returned to power in 2015, the count on came close to the KIADB for the part of a CA website for developing an R&D centre at Hi-Tech Defence and Aerospace Park in March 2024. “The board issued the allotment letter in May 2024. The five-acre plot was allotted for five years for a lease amount of Rs 14.25 crore. The market value of the land is Rs 110 crore,” Ramesh declared.
He stated normal business owners wait on years to obtain websites to establish markets yet Kharges utilized the political power to obtain the website in 3 months.
Published 27 September 2024, 22:24 IST
