BJP offered money, I refused: BJP MLA Shrimant Patil drops bomb, makes U-turn

Karnataka BJP MLA Shrimant Patil had dropped a bomb saying he was offered money to join the party. Patil has now issued a clarification saying he voluntarily joined the BJP.

Karnataka BJP MLA Shrimant Patil had dropped a bomb saying he was offered money to join the party to topple the previous JDS-Congress government. He has now issued a clarification saying he voluntarily joined the BJP. Shrimant Patil has claimed that BJP offered him money to quit the Congress and change sides to join BJP, but he refused to take a single penny.