MYSURU, 10 AUG

Union Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy said the 3.16 acres that was gifted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi by his brother Mallikarjunaswamy belongs to Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

“It’s government property. It neither belongs to CM nor a Dalit, it also doesn’t belong to Ninga and family of Gandhinagar in the city," he said while addressing the gathering at Mysuru Chalo rally organised by BJP, JD(S) which culminated at Maharaja College grounds in the city on Saturday.

Leaders of both parties asserted that they will work together to bring BJP-JD(S) back to power in Karnataka, by uprooting the 'corrupt' Congress from power.

The Bengaluru-Mysuru padayatra (foot march) had sought to highlight the alleged fraudulent allotment of sites to land losers by MUDA, including to Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi, and to corner the Congress government led by him.

On the eighth and final day of the 'Mysuru Chalo' protest march on Saturday, leaders and workers of both parties led by BJP State President and MLA BY Vijayendra and JD(S) leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy, walked the last stretch from Ramaswamy circle here to reach Maharaja’s College Grounds, where a valedictory rally was organised.

Veteran BJP leader BS Yediyurappa, JD(S) leader and Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, BJP National General Secretary Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, Vijayendra, Leader of Opposition in Assembly R Asoka, former CMs Basavaraj Bommai and Sadananda Gowda, several legislators, MPs, leaders and workers from both parties took part in the rally.

Accusing Siddaramaiah and his government of indulging in 'loot' and 'daylight robbery', Yediyurappa told the gathering, "Siddaramaiah has asked me to retire from public life. Siddaramaiah, I will remain in public life till my last breath and will fight until I send you home. Don't have any doubt about it." –Salar News & PTI