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Siddaramaiah said that the BJP-JD(S) was trying to destabilise the state government through Operation Lotus. The BJP has never come to power in the state with the blessings of the people.
Amidst the ongoing political war of words in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has made a big claim. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is offering Rs 100 crore to Congress MLAs to topple the state government. He said that MLA Ravikumar Gowda told me that the BJP is offering Rs 100 crore to our MLAs. BJP came to power in Karnataka only through ‘Operation Lotus’. They never came to power with the blessings of the people. In 2008 and 2019, they came to power through ‘Operation Lotus’ and backdoor entry.
Siddaramaiah said that BJP-JD(S) is trying to destabilise the state government through Operation Lotus. BJP has never come to power in the state with the blessings of the people. He said that it is not an easy thing to destabilise the Congress government of 136 MLAs. He also said that tomorrow the state government ministers, MLAs and MLCs will meet the Governor and urge him to allow prosecution against former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Sasikala Jolle, Janardhan Reddy Nirani.
The BJP has been demanding Siddaramaiah’s resignation in connection with the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) plot allotment ‘scam’. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on August 16 gave his sanction for prosecution of activists Pradeep Kumar SP, TJ Abraham and Snehamayi Krishna for the alleged offences mentioned in their petitions under section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and section 218 of the Indian Civil Defence Code, 2023. Siddaramaiah on August 19 moved the Karnataka High Court challenging the validity of the governor’s order.
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