Belagavi, June 21 -- Amid high drama over cross-voting by BJP legislators in the Karnataka Legislative Council (MLC) elections, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday alleged that "huge money offers" from the ruling Congress led "gullible" MLAs astray.

This comes as the BJP central leadership expressed strong displeasure over the lapse, summoning State President BY Vijayendra, Leader of Opposition R Ashoka, and State In-charge Radhamohan Das Agarwal to Delhi to explain the setback, sources said.

Speaking to reporters in Belagavi, Bommai termed the situation "unfortunate" and said the party did not expect cross-voting from its legislators.

"It is really unfortunate that there was cross-voting from the BJP during the Vidhan Par...