Karnataka BJP MLA Munirathna Thursday accused Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar of orchestrating a racket that honey-trapped legislators from each ruling and Opposition events. His feedback got here minutes after Cooperation Minister Okay N Rajanna informed the Meeting that 48 MLAs, chopping throughout social gathering strains, had been honey-trapped and sought an investigation into the identical.
Chatting with reporters at Vidhana Soudha, Munirathna alleged that Shivakumar and his brother D Okay Suresh had been behind the honey-trapping incident of one other BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi, which led to his resignation as water sources minister in 2021, Janata Dal (Secular) MLA H D Revanna, his son and MLC Suraj Revanna and now minister Rajanna.
Alongside the identical strains, a false rape case was registered in opposition to him too, Munirathna alleged, urging House Minister G Parameshwara to research his case too.
“You (Shivakumar) are sending honey entice groups by holding conferences at 2 am. Once you trapped Ramesh Jarkiholi, I had details about it. You tried it on me as quickly as I resigned and joined the BJP (in 2019),” Munirathna mentioned, including that since he was alert about such a entice Shivakumar fastened him in a rape case.
The explanation, he mentioned, was that Shivakumar was offended that BJP candidate Dr C N Manjunath received the Lok Sabha polls in opposition to his brother Suresh. Within the Rajarajeshwarinagar constituency – represented by Munirathna – the BJP gained a lead of multiple lakh, the MLA mentioned.
“I request him to not do honey-traps anymore,” Munirathna mentioned, alleging that Shivakumar had paid Rs 8 crore to a channel to defame him and Rs 11 crore to the identical channel to defame Rajya Sabha MP and former PM H D Deve Gowda’s household.
Responding to a query, he mentioned {that a} workforce of 4 to 5 individuals behind the honey-trapping incident in opposition to Jarkiholi was trapping different legislators.
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