Bengaluru, Dec. 6 -- Even as the Opposition BJP and the JD(S) continue to target the ruling Congress Government in the State over rampant corruption, K.R. Pet JD(S) MLA H.T. Manju has dropped a bombshell alleging a Rs.1,000 crore mega scam in Bengaluru-based KSDL (Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited).

Addressing a press meet at Vidhana Soudha here yesterday, Manju alleged that a Rs.1,000 scam involving purchase of Sandalwood Oil had taken place at KSDL. Maintaining that he accessed to a 800-page report, he said that the report has recorded only 9 of the many tenders. Though he had written to the Chief Minister, the concerned Minister and the State Chief Secretary drawing their attention to the scam, he has not received any reply so fa...