Attacking the Karnataka government, BJP President Amit Shah said on 13 August that he had never seen an Indian establishment that was “as corrupt and shameless” as the one led by Siddaramaiah. He said, “In spite of several raids and arrests, the Congress does not even punish wrongdoers because they fear they would expose the government.”
He also asked people to overthrow the "corrupt" Siddaramaiah government because the grants by the Centre for various central schemes were not percolating down to the people.