BJP to protest against Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka govt on Aug 23, accuses Congress of rampant corruption

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Also Read: Karnataka flight passenger caught smuggling 267g crude gold hidden as nuts and bolts The Karnataka BJP unit has decided to hold a massive protest in the city against the "rampant corruption" of the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government, veteran party leader and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Friday. Also Read: Karnataka: CM Siddaramaiah announces discontinuation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in higher studies Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, there are speculations that the MLAs and few leaders from the opposition, who had earlier quit the Congress, leading to the collapse of the then Congress-JD(S) coalition government in 2019 -- will be rejoining the party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

B S Yediyurappa snubbed these rumours and expressed confidence that no one will quit the party and the leadership will strive to resolve the issue with members soon. Also Read: Karnataka govt finds a solution for Bengaluru's traffic issues | Details here "State government is immersed in corruption.

Party (BJP) leaders have discussed this for over two hours on this in detail, and have decided to organise a protest on August 23, by gathering about five to six thousand people in Bengaluru to create public awareness about the corruption of this government," he said. Corruption, dictatorship and non-development all need to be protested against, so on the 23rd (August) under the leadership of Yediyurappa, we have decided to have a huge protest in Bengaluru,Former Karnataka CM and BJP Leader Basavaraj Bommai told ANI.

In his media address, Yediyurappa claimed that all the developmental works by the state government have came to a standstill since they came to power. "All works have come to standstill since they