Bengaluru, June 17 -- Union Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar after posters appeared on the Mysuru-Bengaluru highway accusing Kumaraswamy's family and BJP leaders BY Vijayendra, R Ashok, and Chalavadi Narayanaswamy of involvement in the land mafia.

Responding to the posters allegedly put up by Congress workers, Kumaraswamy said, "Don't take me wrong, brother. I thought that at least after becoming the CM of this state, he would leave making blue films and posters. That habit hasn't gone. Is this advertising by putting up posters?"

Anitha Kumaraswamy, the Union Minister's wife, also reacted to the allegations. "They have put up posters saying 100 acres ...