Politics · India · 4 hrs ago
Yaduveer accuses Karnataka government of misusing power over royal properties
Mysuru MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar accused the state government of misusing its powers to take over properties of the former Mysore royal family.
He said the legislature and executive were used to pursue the acquisitions.
State laws covering the Mysuru Palace and Bengaluru Palace were challenged in court, after being enacted in 1998 and 1996, respectively.
Yaduveer said his mother, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, would decide how to proceed with the ongoing legal cases, and he would follow her decision.
He said the dispute should be settled by the courts, rather than through public debate.
The case matters because it concerns whether the state can acquire properties belonging to the former royal family.
The dispute will continue through the courts, and Yaduveer said he was confident they would resolve it.
Mysuru MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar accused Karnataka’s legislature and executive of abusing power to take over properties of the former Mysore royal family.
He said state laws to acquire the Mysuru and Bengaluru palaces had been challenged in court.
Yaduveer said his mother, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, would decide how to proceed with the ongoing litigation.
He said the dispute should be settled by the judiciary and that public debate would be of little relevance.
He also rejected the Congress party’s allegation that the BJP was trying to politicise Dasara.
- Who
- Mysuru MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar made the allegations.
- What
- He accused Karnataka’s legislature and executive of abusing power to take over properties of the former Mysore royal family.
- When
- Monday, November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Mysuru, Karnataka.
- Why
- He said attempts to acquire the properties through legislation amounted to an abuse of power.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Karnataka government enacted a law to acquire the Bengaluru palace, which was challenged in court.
The Karnataka government enacted a law to acquire the Mysuru palace, which was challenged in court.
Yaduveer made his allegations at a press conference in Mysuru and said the dispute should be resolved through the courts.
- Speaker
- Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar
- Role
- MP for Mysuru
- Bengaluru palace law
- Enacted in 1996 and challenged in court
- Mysuru palace law
- Enacted in 1998 and challenged in court
- Litigation decisions
- Yaduveer said his mother, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, would make them
What people are saying
A public debate on the matter will be of no relevance,
We will give suggestions at the meeting and resort to politics only if they are not implemented,