Overview

• BJP MPs B Y Raghavendra and Jagadish Shettar accused Karnataka ministers and officials of collecting money to finance Congress efforts in the Bihar assembly elections.
• Shettar alleged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently hosted a dinner where ministers were given targets to raise funds for the Bihar campaign.
• Raghavendra claimed officials were pressed to gather money through transfers and renewals, calling it the ministers’ main business.
• Chief Minister Siddaramaiah rejected the allegations, saying Karnataka has not funded elections in any state, and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar challenged the BJP to produce proof.
• The dispute arises weeks before Bihar votes on November 6 and 11 with counting on November 14, and no investigation or corroborating documents were reported.