Bengaluru, April 4 -- Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday questioned the state Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) decision to include expelled leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal in the campaign for the Bagalkot assembly by-election.

"Once the BJP realised it would lose the election, it brought back those it had expelled. On one hand, the BJP expels him (Yatnal); on the other, it brings him back, praises him, and makes him campaign. Isn't this a double standard?" he told reporters, adding that the move pointed to a "weak position" for the party.

Yatnal, who was expelled after making allegations related to dynastic politics and corruption against senior BJP figures including former chief minister BS Yediyurappa and his sons - Member of Parliam...