Bengaluru, 24 Sept 

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said there is no question of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah resigning over the High Court dismissing his petition challenging Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot's approval for investigation against him in a site allotment case.

He alleged that there was a "big conspiracy" against the Chief Minister, as he asserted that the latter has done no wrong in the issue and will come out clean.

When questioned about BJP demanding CM's resignation over the High Court's order, Shivakumar said: "There is no question, the CM has not done anything wrong. He is not involved in any scam. It is a political conspiracy by the BJP against all opposition leaders in the country, this is what is going on."

Shivakumar, who is also the State Congress President, said he and his party stand in support of the Chief Minister, who is doing a good job for the party and the State.

"(There is a) big conspiracy against our Chief Minister, like how the BJP had hatched a big conspiracy against me by filing a case and sending me to jail. Because of God's grace I came out. The case in which I went to jail was dismissed. Similarly they have hatched a conspiracy against the Chief Minister and his family," Shivakumar said.

The BJP is unable to digest the (welfare) programmes given by Siddaramaiah to the State, Shivakumar said. "There is a big conspiracy."

Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Tuesday said that he was not surprised by the High Court dismissing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's plea challenging governor's sanction to prosecute him in the alleged MUDA land allotment scam.

Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundurao on Tuesday said that the real issue involved in Governor Taawarchand Gehlot's sanction to investigate Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority scam is about the misuse of governor's office.

"CM is very confident about his innocence. We are very confident about his innocence. And whatever happens, we will face it. But here the situation is with the BJP, Opposition. -PTI/ANI