Mysore/Mysuru, Jan. 10 -- 'Devaraj Urs gave land to landless while Siddaramaiah grabbed 14 MUDA sites'

BJP City Spokesperson M.A. Mohan has said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had not set any record and alleged that he was a "tainted Chief Minister."

Addressing media persons at the city BJP office yesterday, Mohan said, advertisements had been issued in newspapers to publicise Siddaramaiah as the longest-serving Chief Minister.

However, he claimed that D. Devaraj Urs had earlier entered the record books for serving the longest tenure as Chief Minister, while Siddaramaiah, he alleged, carried the taint of grabbing 14 sites illegally from the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) - now Mysuru Development Authority (MDA).

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