Overview

• R. Ashok held Chief Minister Siddaramaiah personally responsible for the rise of the drug mafia exposed by Sunday’s raid on a Mysuru garage.
• He accused the Karnataka Home Department of inertia, demanding to know who owned and authorized the factory on the Outer Ring Road.
• The opposition leader alleged that some local residents supported the illicit operation, pointing to gaps in law enforcement intelligence.
• Ashok referenced an earlier Kalaburagi arrest of an aide to Minister Priyank Kharge to underline the scope of the cross-district narcotics network.
• He warned of growing unrest among Congress legislators and predicted a leadership change by October.