Bengaluru, Jan. 29 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his family have been formally exonerated in the MUDA land allotment case.
The Special Court for Public Representatives accepted the closure report submitted by the Lokayukta police, which found no evidence to support the allegations against them.
In plain terms, the case that had kept political commentators engaged for over a year has, at least for Siddaramaiah and his wife BM Parvathi, run out of steam.
The allegations were straightforward: 14 compensatory MUDA sites in an upscale Mysuru area had allegedly been allotted to Parvathi, supposedly aided by Siddaramaiah's influence, under a 50:50 ratio scheme. Yet, after thorough investigation, the Lokayukta concluded that there...