Bengaluru: An allegation that began with the “bribe-for-bed” scam has spiralled into an all-out political slugfest in Karnataka, with serious charges levelled by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress party in the state against each other. The latest in the series of allegations and its counters is that a BJP MLA has been taking a commission from a private hospital for vaccinations. Instead, it became an effort to target those who made the allegations,” said a BJP legislator, requesting anonymity, hinting that the three legislators were being targeted by the Yediyurappa-led government itself. They want to make a profit out of people’s misery,” DK Shivakumar, the president of the Congress party in Karnataka said in a post on Twitter. #ModiMadeDisaster,” Priyank Kharge, former minister and Congress legislator from Kalaburagi district said.

Source: Hindustan Times May 30, 2021 18:56 UTC