Siroya questions Rahul Gandhi on action against MP Naik in MUDA scam

Bengaluru

BJP Rajya Sabha member Lahar Singh Siroya has raised concerns over the   Lokayukta’s indictment of Congress MP G Kumar Naik in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam, questioning whether Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, will demand Naik’s resignation.

Siroya took to social media to express his views, stating, I read in the papers today that the Lokayukta investigation report has said that the MUDA scam, involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s family, was due to the illegalities committed by G Kumar Naik, the then Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru and three other officers.

He added, G Kumar Naik quit the IAS suddenly before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and is now a sitting Congress MP from Raichur. Can we read his Lok Sabha ticket as a huge compensation for the favours he delivered to Congress leaders while in service. As an officer, has he committed other such illegalities like the MUDA scam, to receive big political favours from the Congress party. Was AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge aware of his integrity as an IAS officer. Is the State government machinery working overtime to throw officers under the bus to save the Chief Minister and his family. Will this become counterproductive? Is this not going to demoralise the state’s bureaucracy.

Siroya further questioned whether Naik would face any consequences now that he has retired from the IAS, saying, Now that Kumar Naik has retired from service, will he be penalized.  Or has he become immune to action. Will the Indian National Congress, Karnataka Congress unit, and Rahul Gandhi, who speak of morality all the time, get Naik to resign as   MP.