Bengaluru, Dec. 28 -- Karnataka BJP president Vijayendra Yediyurappa on Sunday accused the Congress-led government in the state of reducing governance to what he termed remote-control rule, alleging that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar were functioning as puppet rulers under the directions of the party high command in Delhi.
Launching a sharp attack on the ruling dispensation, Vijayendra questioned who actually wielded power in Karnataka, asserting that the people had elected a government in Bengaluru and not an "invisible authority" operating from the national capital.
Referring to the controversy over the demolition of unauthorised constructions in Kogilu village, the BJP leader said the Chief Ministe...