Davangere: In a startling revelation, BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal said on Sunday that a 'great leader' has set aside Rs 1,000 crore in an ambitious bid to become the chief minister of Karnataka.

Speaking to reporters, Yatnal refrained from disclosing the identity of this leader but insisted that they are aware of who it is. “A currency note counting machine was found at his house in the past. He is making towering claims about a big revolution in state politics in December,” he was quoted as saying by Deccan Herald.

The senior BJP legislator remarked that the Siddaramaiah-led government is short-lived and could collapse at any moment.

He acknowledged that there are many people in the BJP who have accumulated wealth through corrupt practices. “But the party leadership will not allow them to bring down the government,” Yatnal said, indirectly referring to party state president B.Y. Vijayendra, DH added. However, he stated that the high command has instructed them not to speak against Vijayendra in public.

Additionally, the Vijayapura City MLA asserted that the BJP leadership will protect its legislators from poaching attempts, whether through horse trading or other methods.

He stated that they are committed to safeguarding the party and indicated that they will wait until December before making any significant moves.

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Raisen (MP), Nov 24: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a truck driver while his two associates restrained the teenager’s male friend in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district, an official said on Sunday.

Police have arrested two persons, including the truck driver, in connection with the alleged crime committed in Siyarmau forest on Silwani-Sagar Road, some 110 km from the district headquarters, on Saturday evening, he said.

The teenager and her 21-year-old male friend were returning after visiting the Vandevi temple in the area when they parked their two-wheeler and entered the forest, said Silwani’s Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Anil Maurya.

At the same time, a truck broke down following which its driver, later identified as Sanju Adivasi (21), and his two friends also went inside the forest, where they spotted the girl and her friend.

The trio thrashed the young man and snatched the key of his motorcycle, he said, citing the FIR.

The driver took the girl deep inside the forest and allegedly raped her, while his associates restrained her friend, the official said.

After the three accused left, the girl and the youth walked to the road and alerted some policemen who were passing by.

Police registered a case against Sanju Adivasi and his associates Shivnarayan Advasi and Akshay Ahirwar under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 64 (rape), 70-1 (gang rape) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.

Sanju and Shivnarayan have been arrested, while Ahirwar is on the run, the official said.