Accordingly a case has been registered against Union Finance minister nirmala sitharaman and others, on the orders of a Bengaluru Special court, over allegations of extortion through the now-scrapped electoral bonds scheme. The complaint was filed by petitioner adarsh Iyer, accusing Sitharaman and others of orchestrating an extortion racket under the guise of electoral bonds. The development came after a special court in Bengaluru directed local police to file an FIR against Sitharaman, who is a rajya sabha member from Karnataka.
Perhaps the complainant, adarsh Iyer from Janaadhikara Sangharsha Sanghatane (JSS), has alleged that Sitharaman and her department orchestrated extortion through electoral bonds. The Special court for People’s Representatives, after reviewing the case, ordered the Tilak nagar police station to register an FIR. “Our allegation is that nirmala sitharaman is misusing her position as finance minister to benefit her party, which is ruling at the Centre. That is where extortion comes into the picture,” Iyer told
Furthermore defending his colleague Sitharaman, union minister HD Kumaraswamy countered karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah’s demand that she should resign. The cm himself has been facing demands to step down after a trial court ordered filing of charges in connection with the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority, or MUDA, land scam. “Why should she resign if the electoral bond funds didn’t go into her personal account? They’ve asked for an FIR to be filed, but that doesn’t mean she is guilty,” Kumaraswamy said.
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