Congress takes dig at LK Advani 'yatra' over Yeddyurappa case

 The Congress Saturday took a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the possible arrest of its former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in graft cases, saying  party leader LK Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra should have started from the state instead of Bihar.

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said it was ironical that Yeddyurappa was facing arrest and his party was taking out a yatra on the issue of corruption.

“It would have been far more appropriate if this yatra started from Bangaluru (Bangalore)," Tewari told reporters.

Advani has embarked on a 38-day Jan Chetna Yatra across the country  on the issue of  corruption, which will end in Delhi next month.

Yeddyurappa, BJP's first Chief Minister in south India, quit July 31 after the then Lok Ayukta (ombudsman) N Santosh Hegde recommended his trial for graft in illegal land mining scam.

Yeddyurappa faces jail as a Lok Ayukta special court Saturday rejected his bail plea and issued a warrant to arrest him. He is the first accused in two cases of illegal land denotification for monetary gains.