'Voters of coastal district can change political scenario'

Addressing a press meet here on Monday, he said the BJP was known for its principles in the past. However, in spite of allegations levelled against the Chief Minister, the BJP High Command could not force the CM to tender his resignation. The Chief Minister should have tendered resignation when an enquiry was ordered against him.

“We are not worried as who will become the CM. We want a CM who will protect the interest of the people of the state,” he said and added that none of the ministers from Karnataka opposed the Union government’s move of reducing the basic customs duty on raw silk from 30 per cent to 5 per cent.

The sericulturists have committed suicide triggering speculation of fallout of the collapse in the cocoon price in the market. The JD(S) has been fighting for a cause rather than based on caste.MLC Basavaraj Horatti said that the BJP government was the most corrupt government the state had ever seen. In spite of several scams, the Chief Minister has struck to his chair, he said.