Bengaluru, Feb. 25 -- The political battle over government recruitment numbers escalated into a sharp "promise vs performance" narrative on Wednesday after Karnataka BJP president Vijayendra Yediyurappa launched a blistering attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, branding him a "pathological liar" over contrasting claims on job creation.
The controversy has now emerged as a key political flashpoint, with the opposition seeking to turn recruitment data into a governance credibility test. Vijayendra alleged that while the Chief Minister had publicly claimed that 40,000 government vacancies were filled, official replies on the floor of the Assembly indicated that only 8,157 posts had actually been filled, triggering accusations of political e...