BJP MLC and General Secretary Keshav Prasad had filed the defamation case against Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
CM Siddaramaiah and Dy CM DK Shivakumar addressing a press conference
A court in Bengaluru on Saturday, 1 June, granted bail to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar in connection with a defamation case filed against them by the BJP. The saffron party had accused the Congress leaders of putting out false advertisements against its party leaders, including the then Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.