Bengaluru, Aug. 23 -- Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, R Ashoka, launched a scathing attack on the ruling Congress government on Sunday over the alleged multi-crore Karnataka Dalit Valmiki Corporation scam, announcing that the BJP, in alliance with the JD(S), "will lay siege" to the Vidhana Soudha on Monday to demand accountability.

Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Ashoka alleged that Rs 187 crore belonging to the Valmiki Corporation was looted from the state treasury to finance Congress election campaigns in Karnataka and Telangana.

"For the past one week, it has been common knowledge that Rs 187 crore belonging to the Karnataka Dalit Valmiki Corporation was looted from the treasury and sent fo...