Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of exerting pressure on the Karnataka Governor to initiate prosecution against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with the MUDA scam. Raut, whose party is part of the INDIA coalition with the Congress, backed Siddaramaiah and chastised the BJP for targeting the Karnataka Chief Minister because of his political affiliation, reported ANI. 

Raut, while speaking to news agency ANI, said "The party in which the corrupt from all over the country get royal shelter wants to prosecute the CM of Karnataka because it has a Congress government, it is pressuring the Governor for the same. You jailed the CMs of Delhi and Jharkhand. The people snatched your majority, and you are still not learning. What kind of mischief is this?"