Overview
- Opposition BJP and JD(S) have disrupted Karnataka Legislative Assembly proceedings for a fourth straight day, refusing to participate until Minister B. Nagendra resigns over allegations in the Valmiki Corporation embezzlement case.
- The state government has defended Nagendra’s re‑induction, citing that courts have not convicted him and that roughly Rs 79.68 crore in cash, gold and valuables has been recovered from the probe into transfers totalling about Rs 187 crore.
- Central agencies have taken a different line from the state CID: the ED and the CBI have named Nagendra in chargesheets while the state SIT/CID’s preliminary and supplementary filings did not list him as an accused.
- Opposition leaders say multiple cases (figures vary in reports) and CBI/ED charges make Nagendra unfit for office, and they plan intensified public protests beginning at the Valmiki statue to keep pressure outside the legislature.
- The standoff is blocking other business, including a drought debate, and raises political and social tensions because the funds were earmarked for Scheduled Tribe welfare and the dispute has been cast in caste terms by both sides.