<p>Former chief minister and Opposition party leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday challenged Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to file a criminal case in connection with allegations that the Chief Minister gave ministerial berths to those who blackmailed him with secret information on CDs.</p>.<p>Siddaramaiah, speaking to reporters in Mysuru said, "If CD allegation is false, then let the CM file a criminal case."<br /><br /><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/ministerial-berths-for-those-who-blackmailed-cm-with-cds-yatnal-938770.html" target="_blank">Ministerial berths for those who blackmailed CM with CDs: Yatnal</a></strong></p>.<p>Senior BJP member Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, who has been critical of Yediyurapa’s style of functioning, had alleged that a few were made Cabinet ministers by blackmailing the CM with a CD full of secret information.</p>.<p>“Yediyurappa has made three legislators, including his political secretary, ministers. All three were blackmailing the chief minister through his relative using some secret CDs. The political secretary who was made a minister today, apart from CD blackmail, had paid an undisclosed money to CM’s son B Y Vijayendra.” Yatnal had said.<br /><br /><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/yatnal-the-hindutva-firebrand-who-is-b-s-yediyurappa-s-bete-noire-937281.html" target="_blank">Yatnal: The Hindutva firebrand who is B S Yediyurappa’s bete noire</a></strong></p>.<p>"BJP leaders have themselves alleged that the CM was blackmailed over Cabinet ministers' post, which means there is something and the truth must come out," Siddaramaiah said.</p>
<p>Former chief minister and Opposition party leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday challenged Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to file a criminal case in connection with allegations that the Chief Minister gave ministerial berths to those who blackmailed him with secret information on CDs.</p>.<p>Siddaramaiah, speaking to reporters in Mysuru said, "If CD allegation is false, then let the CM file a criminal case."<br /><br /><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/ministerial-berths-for-those-who-blackmailed-cm-with-cds-yatnal-938770.html" target="_blank">Ministerial berths for those who blackmailed CM with CDs: Yatnal</a></strong></p>.<p>Senior BJP member Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, who has been critical of Yediyurapa’s style of functioning, had alleged that a few were made Cabinet ministers by blackmailing the CM with a CD full of secret information.</p>.<p>“Yediyurappa has made three legislators, including his political secretary, ministers. All three were blackmailing the chief minister through his relative using some secret CDs. The political secretary who was made a minister today, apart from CD blackmail, had paid an undisclosed money to CM’s son B Y Vijayendra.” Yatnal had said.<br /><br /><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/yatnal-the-hindutva-firebrand-who-is-b-s-yediyurappa-s-bete-noire-937281.html" target="_blank">Yatnal: The Hindutva firebrand who is B S Yediyurappa’s bete noire</a></strong></p>.<p>"BJP leaders have themselves alleged that the CM was blackmailed over Cabinet ministers' post, which means there is something and the truth must come out," Siddaramaiah said.</p>