Congress asks police to arrest Krishna on ‘false’ charges against CM

A Congress delegation led by KPCC spokesperson Ms. Lakshman filed a case against activist Snehamayi Krishna at Devaraja police station in Mysuru on Tuesday. | Photo credit: MA Sriram

A delegation of Congress leaders from Mysuru led by KPCC spokesperson M. Lakshman on Tuesday filed a complaint against activist Snehamayi Krishna, complainant in the MUDA land case which is being investigated by the Lokayukta police, for leveling “false” and “baseless” allegations against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

The delegation lodged their complaint with the inspector of Devaraja police station here and sought action against Krishna, accusing him of defaming the chief minister with baseless allegations and creating an impression in the minds of people with the “baseless” allegations linked to the MUDA affair. .

Complaint against an agent

In the complaint, Mr Lakshman said Krishna had expressed doubts over the investigation carried out by the Lokayukta police and had filed a complaint against the investigating officer (IO) in the case with the ADGP of Lokayukta . The Lokayukta police were yet to submit their investigation report to the court as the investigation was still underway. When this is the case, how can he (Krishna) question the veracity of the investigation and mislead the public with “unwarranted” allegations, he asked.

Mr. Lakshman slammed Krishna for his allegation that the stamp duty for registration of sites of the chief minister’s wife Parvathi was paid by the special tahsildar. “This is false propaganda by him against the chief minister. The motive behind his allegation is to divert attention from the investigation and mislead people, besides creating a bad image of the CM,” the KPCC said in its complaint copy.

“Far from the truth”

“Krishna’s allegation is far from the truth as stamp duty has to be paid by the person in whose name the site is registered and the same has been done. In case the person in whose name the site(s) are registered requests an exemption, the name of the official present at the time of registration is mentioned in the stamp duty payment column. There is a provision on this subject in the law,” he argued.

He alleged that the JD(S) and BJP were behind Krishna and the allegations were nothing but a conspiracy to malign the CM.

Mr. Lakshman said Union Minister Pralhad Joshi had also mentioned the same “baseless” allegation made by Krishna, saying “strong evidence” against the CM had been found to support their accusations.

The Congress leader demanded that the police initiate a case against Krishna for the baseless allegations and arrest him for further investigation.