Bengaluru, Aug. 20 -- The Congress government in Karnataka took a firm stand to back minister B Nagendra over his alleged involvement in the multi crore rupee embezzlement in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation (KMVSTDC), stating that no court of law had convicted him, even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (Secular-JDS) deadlock demanding the minister's dismissal continued for the third day on Wednesday.

The first indication that the Congress will not back down to the opposition's demand seeking the minister's resignation was given by chief minister DK Shivakumar late on Tuesday evening. After the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting, Shivakumar said there was no question of s...