"Actions taken according to court of law": Karnataka Home Minister on Kumaraswamy's remark over alleged mining case

Bengaluru: After JDS leader and Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy alleged that the Congress government wanted to malign him in an alleged mining land allotment case, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said that there will be investigations, and actions will be taken according to the court of law.
"Government has other governmental business, not these kind of things. But if there is anything against the law that has happened the respective agencies will look after it. There will be investigations, and actions will be taken according to the court of law," Parameshwara told ANI.
Earlier, while responding to SIT of the Karnataka Lokayukta letter seeking sanction for filing a chargesheet against Kumaraswamy in alleged mining land allotment, the JDS leader and Union Minister said that he had no role in the case and the Congress government wanted to malign him.
HD Kumaraswamy said, "From 2011 the allegations are going that one mining allotment was issued in my tenure. The allegation is that when I was the Chief Minister in the year 2007, I favoured Sai Venkateshwara. There are allegations that I have collected 150 crores from mining owners. So I requested Lokayukta to start an inquiry about the same. They started the enquiry in 2011 and several findings have come out. That enquiry report was submitted by the Lokayukta to the Government in 2010 or 2011. There is no exchequer loss. Till now no mining area has been allocated to anyone."
"In my case, the Supreme Court gave the direction on the interference of the present Congress Government in the year 2014- 15 headed by Siddaramaiah. They appealed in the Court and asked for enquiry. The court permitted enquiry. The court ordered to complete the enquiry within 3 months and come up with the report. SC also directed not to go to any other court and SC will give the ultimate decision," he added.
He further said that now it's 2024, and the SIT hasn't completed the investigation yet.
"The SIT went to the Supreme Court 2 to 3 times but only filed the status report. Now after the Congress came to power in 2023, they went to the governor in November requesting sanction to file chargesheet against me. Then governor after a thorough study said that there was some controversy regarding the signature on the file, so directed to once again go through the case and come again," he said.
"The SIT of the Karnataka Lokayukta have even taken my statement, now they have filed the chargesheet. Let's see what happens. I have no role in the case. This government wants to malign me. But this is a dead case," he added.