New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- Karnataka MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has claimed that the BJP also has a "CD factory" and alleged that sting operations have been carried out within the party. His remarks come amid renewed political controversy over alleged sting operations and video-based blackmail in Karnataka.

Speaking in New Delhi, Yatnal said he had long maintained that two such operations existed in the state. While one was already known to the public, he alleged that the other was within the BJP and suggested that videos associated with it could surface later.

He accused certain groups of using videos to threaten political leaders and demand money. Yatnal claimed that blackmail through sting operations had become a business in Bengaluru, ...