A Congress MLA has urged party high command to appoint three more Deputy CMs for ‘balancing castes’, which is seen as a bid by CM Siddaramaiah’s camp to checkmate Shivakumar.
The Court has also ordered the CBI to conclude the probe within 3 months and added that the Shivakumar is free to approach the Court after the final report is filed, if he has any grievance then.
Shivakumar had cited various reasons for quashing the case, including the lack of government sanction under Section 17 A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, introduced in 2018, political malice and the prolonged investigation in the case spanning over three years.
According to the report, only two winning candidates have declared assets less than Rs 50 lakh, ten between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 2 crore, 31 between Rs 2 crore and Rs 5 crore, and 180 above Rs 5 crore.