Bengaluru: Following Upalokaykta Justice B Veerappa’s allegation of “63% commission” in Karnataka, the state BJP on Thursday urged the ruling Congress to handover the case to CBI.

Addressing reporters during a press conference, Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka, said: “Three months before the election, you pasted posters of Pay CM (the Basavaraj Bommai-led government was in power) on all roads for 40% (commission charges). Now it's 63%, Siddaramaiah and his Cabinet should be ashamed. A Lokayukta, a sitting Upalokayukta, has exposed corruption in Karnataka. This must be handed over to the CBI. This corruption in Karnataka must become known to the people.”

Speaking in a programme on Wednesday, Justice Veerappa had claimed that the corruption in Kerala was 10% but 63% in Karnataka, adding t

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