Siddaramaiah raises bribe charge against state govt

The haveri assembly leader of the opposition, Siddaramaiah, raised corruption allegations against the state BJP government on Thursday, saying that the ruling party expected Rs. 510 crore for appointing a vicechancellor at the praja dhwani yatra in Haveri on Thursday. The former chief minister and Congress senior leader said that the BJP government had not spared even the education field and aspirants for vicechancellor posts, and that ministers had fixed the amount for transferring of psis, cpis, dysp, and additional dg as per their position. Siddaramaiah alleged that he demanded that the CM should speak on Basangouda Patil Yatnal's statement for Rs. 2500 crore required to become CM in the BJP and at least Rs. 100 crore for getting a ministerial berth. KPCC President Dk Shivakumar said that CM Bommai has claimed over Rs. 10000 crore as investment at the global investor meet but not a single industry has started in Haveri and created jobs during the BJP tenure, while the state BJP government is unable to give 50 per cent of grants for schemes which were announced in the previous budget. If the BJP has guts, it should initiate action against BJP legislators Basanagouda