Karnataka Governor’s sanction for prosecution: CM to move High Court on Monday, Congress to hold state-wide protests
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will move the high court on Monday questioning the grant of permission to prosecute him by Governor Thawarchand Gehlot in a case of allotment of sites to his wife in Mysuru as the Congress has decided to raise the pitch of its campaign against the BJP.
The ruling party will hold state-wide protest demonstrations against the Governor’s action on Monday. Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, who is also the president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), said the party workers and leaders will hold rallies in all district headquarters.
The party has, however, asked its workers to observe peaceful protests and ensure anti-social elements don’t infiltrate the rallies and disturb peace. Shivakumar also added they have updated AICC president Mallikarjuna Kharge about the developments in the state, and the party leadership will take a call on holding rallies across the country.
The CM, meanwhile, has called for a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Bengaluru on August 22, to hear the opinion of MLAs on how to counter the BJP campaign politically and surmount the crisis arising out of the Governor giving sanction for prosecution on a request from three activists.
Siddaramaiah is battling charges of his family accepting 14 pricey plots in an upscale residential area in Mysuru in return for 3.16 acres of land that Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) acquired at Kesare village on the city outskirts.
The state Congress leaders have already discussed with Supreme Court
