Bengaluru, 2 September

Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday dubbed the NDA the 'Pitamaha' of all KPSC scams and said details of the alleged irregularities would be made public soon.

Shivakumar said that Home Minister and officials were looking into the alleged KPSC irregularities, including the appointment of around 400 veterinary officials. 

But he targeted the BJP over their alleged links to suspended KPSC chairman Shivashankarappa S Sahukar, saying he was appointed by the saffron party. 

“But Union Minister Pralhad Joshi wanted him suspended and wrote a letter. There is an internal fight in the BJP,” Shivakumar told reporters. “They don't know how much their (opposition) people are involved in all the scams linked to KPSC. NDA is the Pitamaha (the godfather/forefather) of all scams that have happened in KPSC.”