Bengaluru, March 17 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday highlighted suspicions of corruption and misuse of power within the BJP government at the Centre regarding the electoral bond scheme and urged for transparency and accountability.

He alleged that the central government might be leveraging its power to coerce businessmen into making donations through electoral bonds, possibly using investigative agencies for blackmail.

"If we look at the information released by the Election Commission that the media is scrutinising, it appears that the Union @BJP4India Government is blackmailing businessmen. When we look at the dates of IT, ED, and CBI raids on these businessmen and the dates they purchased electoral bonds, it seems lik...