BJP has no "moral ground" to stay in power in Karnataka: Siddaramaiah

Congress legislature party leer Siddaramaiah claimed on Thursday BJP does t have "moral grounds" to stay in power in Karnataka, as he alleged that Amit Shah-led party bought over 17 disqualified MLAs.

"y (BJP) are ones who came to power through backdoor. y don't have moral grounds to stay in power as chief minister and ministers. y formed government by horse-tring, forcing  17 people to resign, and destroying democracy," he told reporters at district hequarters town of Gag.

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Siddaramaiah's statement came despite Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's warning that he would file defamation suit against him and JD(S) leer H D Kumaraswamy for making statements alleging that 17 disqualified MLAs were bought over by his party.

"When did things like se happen? Whenever Yediyurappa comes, he does se things, be it in 2008 or w. Did y have people's mandate?" former chief minister said.

To a question on any truck with JD(S) after bypolls, he said such talks took place between two parties.

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bypolls in 15 segments are underway on Thursday following disqualification of MLAs, which brought down coalition government of Congress and JD(S) paving way for installation of BJP government led by Yediyurappa in July