Bengaluru, Aug. 14 -- Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday called BJP MLA Ashwath Narayan the "father of corruption" during a heated exchange in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, after Narayan allegedly insulted Energy Minister KJ George.

"You and your party are the father of corruption. You could not win even a single seat in Ramanagara district, but you are insulting our leader from the minority community," Shivakumar said during a debate on fertilisers in the House.

The confrontation began when Minister Chaluvaraya Swamy intervened in a speech by BJP MLA Arvind Bellad to correct some facts.

Ashwath Narayan then presented his own version, prompting KJ George to counter him for providing false information. Narayan called...