Ballari Rural MLA B Nagendra, recently granted bail in the ST Corporation scam case, was welcomed by Congress workers as he entered Ballari city on Valmiki Jayanti. During a media interaction, Nagendra accused the BJP of misusing central agencies like the ED and CBI over the past decade to destabilize majority governments, particularly those led by the Congress.
Nagendra claimed the ED pressured him to implicate CM Siddaramaiah and DCM DK Shivakumar in the ST Welfare Board case, stating, “BJP’s politics landed me in jail.” In response, former minister and MLA Gali Janardhana Reddy dismissed Nagendra’s allegations as baseless.
“The ED handled Nagendra’s arrest, and now he is spreading lies against the BJP. I don’t entertain such theatrics. This time, BJP will secure victory in the Sandur bypoll,” Reddy said.
Nagendra also noted that Reddy, now permitted to stay in Ballari, expressed confidence in the BJP winning Sandur, but maintained that the Congress is favored in all three by-polls