BJP demands Sidda's resignation

Following Muda chairman K Marigowda 's resignation amid a row over alleged irregularities in allotment of sites to the Karnataka CM 's wife, BJP on Wednesday accused Siddaramaiah of being "deeply embroiled" in the scam and sought his resignation. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra saidMarigowda's resignation and Siddaramaiah's wife "offering" to return the Muda sites allocated to her made it clear that CM was "deeply involved in the scam". Calling Congress a "party of land grabbers ", Patra said, "Gandhi family knows well how to grab the country's land".

He also targeted Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge , raising the issue of alleged irregularities in the allocation of a five-acre plot to a trust run by his family in Karnataka.