Karnataka Contractors' Body's Bribe Charges Against Ministers, BJP Denies
NDTV
The contractors released a purported conversation on WhatsApp and the audio of the conversation with the MLAs seeking money.
The Karnataka State Contractors' Association on Monday alleged that they are being pestered by the ministers and ruling BJP MLAs to pay them bribe. The Association members released before reporters in Bengaluru a purported conversation on WhatsApp and the audio of the conversation with the MLAs seeking money.
According to them, at least 14 MLAs and three or four ministers were involved in the alleged extortion.
The Association's working president Manjunath accused an MLA with arm-twisting an assistant executive engineer to collect bribe from the contractors.
He claimed that he paid money to the MLA directly and also through engineers. "I've been giving the bribe to the BJP MLA in installments since 2019," Manjunath alleged.
