Bengaluru, 12 July

BJP President BY Vijayendra and several other party leaders were detained here on Friday when were on their way to Mysuru to stage a protest. They were protesting against alleged fraudulent allotment of sites to land losers by Mysuru Urban Development Authority, which involves plots given to the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife.

They were scheduled to attend a protest rally in Mysuru—the Chief Minister's home district- and lay a siege to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) office there.

Vijayendra and other BJP leaders were whisked away in a bus on the Mysuru Road near Kengeri here, even as they sought to resist police action. They shouted slogans against the government.

"The Congress government is indulging in oppression. The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government doesn't have the strength to stop our protest. In the days ahead from every corner of the State our BJP workers will come and lay siege in Mysuru and also Bengaluru. They have stopped us today, but our protest will continue," Vijayendra said.

It is alleged that compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi in an upmarket area in Mysuru, which had higher property value as compared to the location of her land which had been "acquired" by MUDA.

The MUDA had allotted plots to Parvathi under a 50:50 ratio scheme in lieu of 3.16 acres of her land, where MUDA developed a residential layout.

Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam and termed all the allegations "baseless". -PTI