The minister, who hails from Shivamogga district, has not misused taxpayers money, committed any irregularity or a scam or has caused financial loss to the government, the ruling party said, dismissing the demands for his sacking from the ministry.
Vikram Simha s brother, Pratap Simha, the BJP MP from Mysuru, had recently hogged headlines after it was revealed that he had issued passes to the two men who jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber on December 13.
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."