Former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday alleged BJP was offering Rs.50 crore each to Congress MLAs as part of its bid to topple the JDS-Congress government in Karnataka, but asserted none of them would fall for it.
Separately, two ministers in the HD Kumaraswamy cabinet alleged BJP was still making attempts to poach Congress and JDS MLAs while claiming that a few saffron party legislators were in touch with the coalition partners.
Rejecting Mr Siddaramaiah's claim, BJP hit back saying the coalition government should focus on administration of the state instead of hurling charges.
The claims by the ruling side came amid reports that disgruntled Congress MLAs might stay away from the coming budget session of the assembly thereby posing a threat to the eight-month old Mr Kumaraswamy government. Senior BJP leader R Ashoka had last week claimed that 20 to 25 disgruntled MLAs of the ruling alliance were out of the reach of their leaders.