Will BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal expose alleged irregularities?
Disgruntled bjp mla Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on tuesday warned that he would expose the alleged irregularities to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore in the bjp government in karnataka led by b s yediyurappa at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic if he was expelled from the party. Quickly responding to his statement, chief minister Siddaramaiah said Yatnal’s allegations about the irregularities that took place when Yediyurappa was the chief minister were proof of their charges that there was a ’40 per cent commission government’ in the state during the bjp rule. As many bjp leaders have been demanding action against him, Yatnal said,”They (the bjp government in Karnataka) have done everything (huge corruption during Covid). Let them serve me a notice and try to expel me from the party, I will expose them.” Yatnal, who has launched a tirade against Yediyurappa and his family, especially after his second son B Y Vijayendra was made the bjp state president, said there was large-scale corruption in coronavirus management during the bjp government. Siddaramaiah appealed to Yatnal and said that his charges should not be like a hit-and-run case. ”If Yatnal is committed to eradicating corruption, he should carry their charges to their logical conclusion. For this, he should hand over all the information he has about corruption during the coronavirus pandemic to the commission of inquiry formed (by the congress government) under the leadership of retired high court Judge Justice Nagmohan Das,” the chief minister said. He also wondered why prime minister Narendra Modi was silent on these charges.