Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah on Saturday demanded a probe into senior BJP leader and MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal’s claims on payment of ₹2,500 crore for the Chief Minister’s post and ₹100 crore per ministerial berths in the ruling BJP Government in the State.
“The allegation by Mr. Yatnal that the demand for ₹2,500 crore to make him the Chief Minister is a serious issue. Only an investigation will reveal the truth,” he said in a press statement here.
“If the investigation is not conducted, it only implies that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has accepted to have paid crores of rupees to become the Chief Minister,” he said.