Overview

• The leaked clip purportedly shows chairman Ravikumar seeking Rs 5 lakh from a Rs 25 lakh land purchase grant and directing intermediaries to collect the money before releasing funds.
• Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asked Ravikumar to step down, and he tendered his resignation on Tuesday morning.
• BJP leaders called for a suo motu Lokayukta case and criminal proceedings, and Assembly Opposition leader R. Ashok urged the chief minister to quit on moral grounds.
• Bovi community organisations protested after the video surfaced, with a leading association threatening to gherao the chief minister unless Ravikumar was removed.
• The episode revives scrutiny of the Corporation’s governance after earlier Enforcement Directorate arrests of former officials in an alleged fund diversion case.