Hassan, June 20 -- BJP leader D Rajegowda has called for the immediate removal of Karnataka BJP president R. Ashok, alleging failure to control cross-voting by party MLAs and accusing the Congress government of ruining the state with "free guarantee" schemes.

Speaking to ANI, the leader said the party has over 70 MLAs, but there is no control over them. "Whoever won, whoever got elected as MLA, none of them are under control. There is no accountability," he said. "If MLAs vote for another party, what is the president doing? This is his responsibility. If he cannot take responsibility, why should he sit in that chair? He should step down immediately."

The leader claimed that before the recent voting in the Assembly, MLAs were not taken i...