BS Yediyurappa Is Confident That Sex CD Scandal Won't Impact Upcoming Bypolls

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said that the 'sex CD scandal' won't have any impact on the upcoming bypolls.

"We are ready to face everything within the framework of law.."It (scandal) will not have any impact on the bypolls. I will ask Ramesh Jarkiholi to come and take part in the campaigning," he said.

BS Yediyurappa Says That Baseless Allegations Have Been Made Against Ramesh Jarkiholi

The chief minister's comment comes after he urged former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi to join him in campaigning for the state's bypolls. Jarkiholi was allegedly involved in the aforementioned scandal. However, BS Yediyurappa said that an impartial probe was being conducted, and said that baseless allegations were made against Ramesh Jarkiholi.

"Our Law Minister Basavaraj Bommai is getting the case inquired impartially...it is known that unnecessary allegations have been made against Ramesh Jarkiholi, it is also being discussed that the allegations have been made with a malicious intent..let's wait and see," Mr Yediyurappa said.

BS Yediyurappa was in Belgavi to file the nominations of BJP's Belgaum Lok Sabha candidate Mangala Suresh Angadi when he commented on the subject.

Woman accuses Ramesh Jarkiholi of 'sexually using' her

Ramesh Jarkiholi was earlier the Water Resources Minister of the state, who had resigned on March 3. His resignation came after a day when a video clip of him getting intimate with a woman circulated. The minister then went on to deny his presence in the video clip, and called it 'fake.' However, the woman in the clip alleged that Jarkiholi was sexually 'using' her, and threatened her after he promised to offer her a government job. She has now written to the Karnataka High Court chief justice to seek protection.

Belgavi is the home district of the former minister of water resources. It is the Belgaum Lok Sabha seat in Belgavi which will be going to the bypolls along with Maski and Basavakalyan assembly segments on April 17.