Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah faces new legal challenges as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) contests a Lokayukta police report clearing him in the Muda site allotment case. ED claims significant evidence against Siddaramaiah and seeks the Special Court's intervention. Opposition allege bias in the Lokayukta's findings.
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