India, Aug. 8 -- The BJP on Friday demanded a clarification from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi over alleged "auctioning" of the ministerial berths in the recently expanded state Cabinet in Karnataka.

This came after Karnataka BJP leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy on Wednesday cited a purported audio conversation between two Congress leaders of the state and alleged that Cabinet positions in the state had been secured through monetary influence.

Narayanaswamy claimed that the purported audio recording indicated that "honest" legislators who did not have money were overlooked for ministerial posts, and raised questions on the re-induction of B Nagendra, who has been chargesheeted in the Rs 89-crore Valmi...