Bengaluru, Feb. 20 -- Forest Minister's volte face on compensation soon after Rahul Gandhi asked Karnataka to pay Rs. 15 lakh

The BJP has accused the Karnataka Government of illegally allocating Rs. 15 lakh to the kin of a Kerala man who was killed by an elephant captured in Karnataka but later strayed into Kerala's Wayanad.

With Congress leader Rahul Gandhi being the MP from Wayanad, the BJP's Karnataka Unit President B.Y. Vijayendra alleged that the Congress government in Karnataka was misusing taxpayers' money to curry favour with the former Party President.

"Illegally allocating State fund of Rs. 15 lakh to a deceased individual from Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad Constituency, falsely blaming an elephant from Karnataka, is an appalling be...