BJP MLAs hold CD amid uproar in Karnataka Assembly over honey trap row

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BJP MLAs, holding a CD in the Karnataka Assembly, claimed to have evidence supporting claims of ministers being honey-trapped.

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00:00The top story coming in on India's agenda is from Karnataka.

00:02This is the latest information I have.

00:04The Honey Trap controversy.

00:06Have politicians of Karnataka

00:09and possibly from a lot of other parties too,

00:11not just Congress,

00:13have been honey trapped by who and for what?

00:16This is a curious mystery that's emerging.

00:18It's a showdown in the assembly.

00:20BJP, MLA storming well of the house.

00:22They are claiming proof.

00:23They are saying, show us the FIR,

00:25show us what the investigation has been.

00:27And MLAs appear to be holding a CD.

00:30They say, this is the proof.

00:33In front of the chief minister.

00:35How are these CDs circulating?

00:37How did the BJP leaders have access to it?

00:40Who are the politicians

00:42who've been allegedly honey trapped?

00:43Remember, it's not just about a honey trap video.

00:46In return of the trap,

00:48or a blackmail that usually follows in these cases,

00:51has some information or some part released

00:54and leaked out,

00:56that breaks protocol.

00:57That is where the honey trap controversy

00:59basically escalates.

01:00Nagarjun Dwarkanath joins me for the latest on that.

01:04Full on ruckus and commotion

01:05was seen at the assembly today.

01:09So we'll dip in also,

01:10short while to what happened in the assembly.

01:14Chief Minister Siddharma has said,

01:15we have not spared anyone.

01:16The intention is not to shield anyone.

01:18We have ordered an investigation.

01:20The probe is on.

01:22But the BJP says that someone is aiming

01:24to climb the hierarchy

01:27and that has happened.

01:39Look at that,

01:40BJP MLAs come toward the well of the house

01:43with a CD in their hand.

01:45And they say this is the proof.

01:46India Today's Nagarjun Dwarkanath

01:48joining me for the latest on that.

01:50Nagarjun, take us through all the key takeaways

01:52from the assembly because

01:54I'm curious,

01:55BJP clearly knows there's a CD.

01:57Any details of any names coming out?

02:00What is the reason of the showdown?

02:06Since last 24 hours,

02:07Karnataka assembly has been rocked

02:09with the CD issue,

02:10the honey trap issue.

02:11When one of the senior ministers stood up and said

02:13there have been attempts on him

02:15for a honey trap.

02:16And he also confessed before the house

02:18that there are 48 such victims,

02:20not just from Congress,

02:21but also BJP and union leaders as well.

02:23And this morning when the house commenced

02:25at 8 o'clock in the morning,

02:27the BJP started questioning the CM.

02:28CM was not in the house yesterday.

02:30This morning when CM arrived,

02:31they said that we need clarity from you

02:33as to what kind of investigation has happened

02:35or will happen.

02:37We don't need the budget reply as of now.

02:39Let us discuss about this honey trap issue.

02:41It's about a respect of a legislator

02:44of this esteemed house

02:45is what the BJP started with.

02:46However, the CM also clarified that

02:48a home minister has already said

02:50there's no official complaint.

02:51When the official complaint comes in,

02:53we will constitute a high-level inquiry

02:54and then the investigation will go through.

02:56But see, the BJP is demanding a CBI inquiry

02:59and now they've entered the well of the house

03:01as the CM continues to read his budget reply

03:04and holding a CD in their hand

03:07implying that there is some private CD

03:09of one of the ministers

03:12to put out a message.

03:13They're holding a CD in their hand.

03:14All legislators of the BJP and JDS

03:17have entered the well of the house

03:18as we speak.

03:20Nagarjun, stay on with me

03:21because let's listen into

03:22what did the CM say in the assembly

03:25with regard to this honey trap controls.

04:51So that's the first statement coming in

05:07from the Chief Minister of the state of Karnataka

05:09over honey trap controversy.

05:11Remember what the minister

05:12who first spoke about it said

05:14was about 48 politicians

05:16including central leaders.

05:18These are the latest visuals on your screen.

05:21Chief Minister Siddharma is speaking.

05:23I request Nagarjun to kindly translate.

06:48Chief Minister may be speaking right now

07:04and these are different issues.

07:05Remember there's a budget session

07:06going on in Karnataka.

07:07There is the honey trap controversy.

07:09There is a proposed pay hike

07:11on which possibly BJP Congress

07:12will be united.

07:14But here in this case

07:15there's a reason you see that

07:17cluster of MLAs right in the well of the house.

07:19That is uncommon.

07:20Usually doesn't happen.

07:22That's because the BJP leaders

07:23have come toward the speaker

07:25with a CD in their hand.

07:27I bring in Nagarjun Dwarkanath

07:29for the latest.

07:29He's right outside the assembly

07:31tracking the latest.

07:33What are the BJP MLAs saying here, Nagarjun?

07:39Pooja, as of now the BJP MLAs

07:41are shouting slogans

07:42against the Congress government.

07:44They are demanding a CBI inquiry.

07:46They are holding CD in their hands.

07:47All MLAs have got a CD

07:50as an example to portray

07:51what the protest is about.

07:52Implying that someone's personal life

07:55moments have been caught on camera

07:57and they put it on a CD or a pen drive

07:59and hence they have put out CD in their hands

08:01and showing it to the cameras

08:02in the well of the house

08:03as they protest as we speak.

08:06BJP MLAs got into the well

08:08an hour back or so.

08:09Since then they have been protesting

08:10asking the CM to delay his budget speech

08:13and then give an answer to the reply

08:14as to who is the person behind

08:16this whole honey trap issue

08:17and who are the leaders.

08:19That 48 people that Rajendra has said

08:20that there is a list of 48 people

08:22including senior judiciary members

08:24as well as people from all walks of life.

08:27Who are these 48 members?

08:28The names have to be put out

08:29is what the BJP is demanding.

08:30Hence, they are in the well of the house

08:32shouting slogans against

08:34the Congress government.

08:35One of the senior legislators from the BJP

08:37went on to say that

08:38if the CM continues to read the budget

08:40amidst the protest

08:42let the CM also clarify

08:44what is the amount that the government

08:45has kept also for honey trap

08:47because it's the fight within the government

08:49that it has come to the forefront right now.

08:51A senior minister accusing someone

08:53within the government

08:55trying to do honey trap on him

08:56is what we are told.

08:57These have been the whispers

08:58in the power corridors

09:00for the last 15 days.

09:01But since yesterday

09:02it has come to the forefront

09:03after one minister Satish Jharkhandi said

09:05yes, there have been two attempts

09:07on the senior minister of honey trap.

09:09Then in the house

09:10Rajendra himself confessed

09:11that there has been an attempt made

09:13and home minister ordering an enquiry.

09:15But this morning

09:16the BJP demanding answers

09:20from the government as we speak.

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