New twist in Karnataka BJP rebellion, MLA says party state chief Vijayendra behind Revanna video leak

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Bengaluru: BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal has accused Karnataka state president, B.Y. Vijayendra of being the brain behind the distribution of pen drives, containing obscene videos of Prajwal Revanna ahead of the Lok Sabha elections...

The Vijayapura legislator alleged that it was the BJP state president who ordered the release of the pen drives against Prajwal, the former MP of Hassan and grandson of former prime minister H.D.Deve Gowda...

The allegations against Vijayendra threaten to boil over simmering dissent within the BJP in Karnataka which has been on the edge ever since Yediyurappas younger son was named as the state chief, overlooking several other seniors, including Yatnal...

Yatnal alleged that Karnataka Congress state chief D.K.Shivakumar was behind the diversion of funds from Valmiki corporation and that the money was sent to (Rahul Gandhis constituency) Rae Bareli as well as to fund other election expenses in Karnataka...

Dubbing the BJP state president as the king of corruption, he added that during Yediyurappas rein as CM, all BJP ministers knew about the irregularities and that it was Vijayendra who was clearing files...

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