Bengaluru, Jul 21 (PTI) AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala on Monday accused the BJP of "manufacturing" false allegations against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over MUDA case as he welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Karnataka High Court judgment, which quashed the ED notice in the case.

Referring to media reports, he said the apex court ruling has invalidated what he termed as "fake propoganda" of ED-BJP partnership.

In a post on X, he said, "BJP manufactured false allegations against Karnataka CM, @siddaramaiah over MUDA ! BJP protested for months against Karnataka CM, @siddaramaiah over MUDA ! BJP misused the Office of Governor and unleashed the ED against Karnataka CM, & his wife over MUDA ! BJP maliciously hounded and levelled false allegations against Karnataka CM, over MUDA !" "The Supreme Court today and High Court earlier, rejected and quashed the fake propaganda of ED-BJP partnership. Truth has won! Satyamev Jayate," he said.

The Mysuru Urban Development Authority case involves alleged irregularities in land allotted to Parvathi Siddaramaiah, wife of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

In the MUDA case, it is alleged that compensatory sites were allotted to 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 the MUDA.

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

Under the controversial scheme, MUDA allotted 50 per cent of developed land to the land losers in lieu of undeveloped land acquired from them for forming residential layouts.

It is alleged that Parvathi had no legal title over the 3.16 acres of land at survey number 464 of Kasare village, Kasaba hobli of Mysuru taluk.

The Lokayukta as well as the ED (Enforcement Directorate) are probing the matter simultaneously.

The ED had issued notices to both under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), which were later quashed by the Karnataka High Court.

The ED had challenged the High Court’s decision before the Supreme Court through Special Leave Petitions (SLPs). PTI AMP ROH

PMLA notice quashing affirmed, limiting enforcement action in a contested land-allotment investigation. The core operative point is that notices issued under the PMLA in the MUDA land-allotment matter were quashed by the Karnataka High Court and that the higher court declined to disturb that quashing, demonstrating judicial review can invalidate enforcement action taken in parallel with state anti-corruption inquiries where the record supports such intervention.