Congress leader B Nagendra broke down on Friday evening as he announced his resignation from DK Shivakumar’s Karnataka Cabinet amid relentless fire from the BJP over corruption allegations that had forced him to quit two years earlier too. He’d made a comeback in the first week of August when Shivakumar replaced Siddaramaiah as chief minister in the Congress government.

The main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continued to underline alleged irregularities of Rs 89 crore in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation. The issue came to light after the corporation’s accounts officer Chandrasekharan P died by suicide in May 2024, leaving behind a note alleging unauthorised transfer of funds. Investigations then found large sums were transferred from the corporation’s bank accounts to various other accounts.