The Bharatiya Janata Party issued a show-cause notice to Karnataka MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal for commenting on the party's leadership at state-level, ANI reported.

"Your continuing tirade against the state-level party leadership and your defiance of party directives and making public pronouncements and stance in contravention of the party's official stand on all matters of political and public importance has been reported in media as well as by different party forums," the notice read issued on Sunday.