Overview

• Congress MLA B.R. Patil alleged in a leaked audio that 950 houses were allotted only to beneficiaries who paid bribes of about ₹25,000 each, and that his own recommendations were ignored
• The recording captures Patil confronting Housing Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan’s aide Sarfaraz Khan, who noted beneficiary names and promised to hold guilty officials accountable
• BJP leaders R. Ashoka and Arvind Bellad demanded Housing Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan’s resignation and urged a judicial inquiry led by a sitting High Court judge
• Public Works Minister Satish Jarikholi and Home Minister G. Parameshwara vowed a formal probe and invited Patil to submit detailed evidence to launch investigations
• Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and opposition figures have highlighted alleged graft across multiple state departments, intensifying scrutiny of the Congress-led administration