Yaduveer alleges misuse of legislature and executive to take over properties of erstwhile Mysore royal family

MYSURU MP for Mysuru Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has alleged that the legislature and the executive were misused to take over properties belonging to the erstwhile royal family of Mysore. Responding to queries from reporters here on Monday, Mr. Yaduveer said the attempts to acquire the royal family’s properties through legislation amounted to the abuse of power vested in the legislature and the executive.

He pointed out that the laws enacted by the State government in 1998 and 1996 for the acquisition of the Mysuru palace and Bengaluru palace, respectively, had been challenged in court. While elected representatives in the legislature were pursuing the move through the executive, Mr. Yaduveer said his mother, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, would take decisions concerning the ongoing litigation and that he would abide by her decision.

He maintained that disputes in a democracy had to be settled by the judiciary and expressed confidence that the dispute between the erstwhile royal family and the State government would also be resolved through the courts.