Amid ED heat, Siddaramaiah's wife asks MUDA chief to immediately cancel 14 Mysuru plots

Bengaluru: In an unexpected turn of events, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi on Monday night announced her decision to return 14 housing plots in Mysuru to Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA). Seeking a comprehensive probe into MUDA affairs, she said her decision is firm.

Parvathi wrote to the MUDA commissioner, demanding immediate cancellation of 14 plots allotted in Vijayanagar III and IV stage in Mysuru in exchange for 3.16 acres in Kesare village. She also requested the authorities to immediately process her request.

Her announcement came hours after the Enforcement Directorate booked her husband Siddaramaiah in a money-laundering case.


In a two-page letter, loaded with emotion, she said the decision was her own and she did not discuss it with her husband, son or other family members. Parvathi said her husband had been free of even a speck of taint in his 40-year political career and she too had been maintaining a low profile, keeping herself above any desire for house, property, gold or any other assets.

The 14 plots, Parvathi said, were not bigger for her than her husband's honour and peace of mind, and she has taken the decision to return the plot responding to her conscience.