Karnataka Withdraws General Consent for CBI Amid MUDA Row, Accuses Bias

Karnataka Withdraws General Consent: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a federal investigative agency in India, CBI needs consent from state governments to investigate in their territories.

In a recent development, the Karnataka government has has taken back the general consent given to CBI citing bias in the agency.

This was announced by Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil after a cabinet meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

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"The notification granting general consent for CBI to probe criminal cases in Karnataka state, under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, has been withdrawn," the minister said.

Aa per the law, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) requires consent from the state governments to investigate in their territories.

"It has been done because it is clear that the CBI or the central government while using their instrumentalities are not using them judiciously. So, case-by-case, we will verify and give (consent for CBI probe); general consent has been withdrawn," the minister said, according to PTI.

He said it was not to give protection to the Chief Minister in MUDA case.

"On CM there is a court order for the Lokayukta probe, so there is no such question," he added.

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In a statement he said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been misused many times. He said the CBI has not filed charge sheets in many cases in Karnataka.

“They (CBI) refused to file chargesheets, they refused to probe umpteen number of mining cases,” he added.

"I won't resign; why should I resign? There are allegations against HD Kumaraswamy, did he resign? Let Kumaraswamy resign. Has Modi taken resignation of Kumaraswamy," the CM said.

"I think it is all a political drama which they are trying to do. There are a lot of cases against several central ministers and other leaders of the BJP. Have all of them resigned? There is no need for the CM to resign… Being the party president, I am telling you there is no question of CM resigning," he said.

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