BJP demands CM's resignation, cites BR Patil, Raju Kage allegations

BJP Karnataka president Vijayendra Yediyurappa on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, citing a "total collapse of governance" and widespread corruption across departments, in the backdrop of the explosive "BR Patil" audio clip and the "Raju Kage" resignation threat that have stirred political controversy in the state.

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Addressing a press conference here, Vijayendra said the recent developments only reaffirm the BJP's long-standing charge that corruption has been institutionalized under the Congress-led administration.

"The entire state machinery is paralysed. Transfer mafias, sand mafias, misuse of public funds - corruption is not an exception, it is now the rule in Karnataka. Ministers are running their departments like commission shops, and the Chief Minister is silently watching. This is nothing short of complicity," he alleged.