In June last year, Siddaramaiah was in the eye of a controversy after then minister K.J. George allegedly gifted him a Toyota Land Cruiser with fuel coupons for a year. Telegraph file photoKarnataka Congress MLA Byrathi Suresh and party leader Siddaramaiah are are the centre of a controversy after media reports suggested that the legislator had given the former chief minister a luxury car. Shivakumar said Siddaramaiah has not been gifted a Mercedes-Benz by Suresh, but it had been given to him for travelling purposes. In February 2016, Siddaramaiah had been mired in controversy over a Rs 70-lakh diamond-studded Hublot watch gifted to him.

Source: The Telegraph January 20, 2019 12:56 UTC