In a set back for the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday said agencies can investigate allegations against Chief...
In a set back for the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday said agencies can investigate allegations against Chief Minister BS Yeddiyurappa that he engineered the collapse of the Congress-Janata Dal-Secular government in 2019, Live Law reported.
In 2019, the 14-month-old coalition government led by HD Kumaraswamy had collapsed after several MLAs from the two coalition parties switched over to the BJP. Eventually, the coalition lost the trust vote in the state Assembly on July 23, following which the Bharatiya Janata Party formed the government with BS Yediyurappa as the chief minister.
The Congress had blamed the saffron party for the turmoil. It alleged that the BJP used its controversial “Operation Lotus” strategy to engineer defections, poaching MLAs by offering them bribes and other incentives.
During the crisis, an alleged audio clip was released of a conversation between Yediyurappa and Sharanagouda Patil, son of Gurmitkal JD(S) MLA Naganagouda Patil. The BJP leader allegedly tried to persuade Sharanagouda Patil to get his father to switch sides. In return, Yediyurappa offered him Rs 10 crore and a position in his government.
Patil later filed a complaint against Yediyurappa and others and a first information report was registered in the matter under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption...
