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No session can be held as long as Nagendra remains Minister: LoP

hellohimachalse@gmail.com 12 Aug 2026 1 hour ago

Bengaluru: Opposition Leader R Ashoka has demanded that the Assembly session will not be allowed to proceed as long as B Nagendra remains a minister. He insisted that Chief Minister DK Shivakumar must immediately obtain Nagendra’s resignation.

Speaking at a press conference, he said: “If the Chief Minister is going to answer everything in the House, then why are the ministers even there—just to graze donkeys? Ministers are given cars, houses and everything else from the people’s tax money. This is not monarchy. If respect is to be shown to the Constitution drafted by Babasaheb Ambedkar, then one must know what powers ministers and the Chief Minister actually have.

“If the Chief Minister alone is going to give all answers, then all ministers should be thrown out of the session. This is CM DK Shivakumar’s goonda government. If they have the responsibility of conducting the session, they must first take Nagendra’s resignation. Issues such as Bidadi Township and KPSC need to be discussed in this session, but for any discussion to take place, the resignation must come first.”

He said the BJP has started agitations from all district headquarters. Activists will protest in front of every Deputy Commissioner’s office. Protests will be held both inside and outside the Legislative Assembly. He demanded a clear explanation of why Minister B. Nagendra was removed last time and why he has been reinstated now.

“Nagendra has to be in court every day. He is still an accused. There are three cases pending with the CBI, five cases registered with the Lokayukta, one case with the SIT, a CID case in Karwar, and a case going on in Chennai. A total of 31 cases are under investigation. In this situation, when will he come to Vidhana Soudha? When will he do the department’s work?” he asked.

In the Valmiki Corporation case involving a ₹187 crore scam, former CM Siddaramaiah had admitted that ₹89 crore was misappropriated. It was publicly known that this money was used for elections. “If those who looted the money meant for Dalits are retained in the Cabinet, the entire Cabinet becomes tainted. Perhaps Nagendra has blackmailed the Chief Minister and the high command,” he said.

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