Bengaluru, Sept. 2 -- Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Wednesday urged the state government to immediately dismiss the two ministers who are allegedly taking a seven per cent bribe in Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited (KRIDL) and to hand over the investigation to the CBI.

Speaking at a press conference, he said Chief Minister DK Shivakumar had earlier said, "If anyone takes a bribe, call me." Now Congress MLA Ashok Kumar Rai has officially written a letter urging action against corruption.

In the letter, Rai has stated that an extra 7% is being collected in KRIDL and that contractors who questioned it are being threatened. Ashoka said this allegation by a legislator of the ruling party itself is im...