Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president B.Y. Vijayendra was detained by police in Bengaluru on 24 August 2026 during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Karnataka Minister B. Nagendra over alleged corruption in the Valmiki Development Corporation. (Photo: NationPress)
Police personnel detained B.Y. Vijayendra, president of the Karnataka BJP, as the party's street agitation over alleged irregularities in the Valmiki Development Corporation escalated in Bengaluru on 24 August 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and police personnel clashed in Bengaluru on 24 August 2026 as the party pressed its demand for the resignation of Karnataka Minister B. Nagendra over alleged corruption in the Valmiki Development Corporation. (Photo: NationPress)
Karnataka BJP president B.Y. Vijayendra and Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka addressed the media while in police detention in Bengaluru on 24 August 2026, reiterating their demand for Minister B. Nagendra's resignation over alleged Valmiki Development Corporation corruption. (Photo: NationPress)
Detained by police, Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka and BJP state president B.Y. Vijayendra spoke to reporters in Bengaluru on 24 August 2026, demanding that Karnataka Minister B. Nagendra step down over alleged corruption in the Valmiki Development Corporation. (Photo: NationPress)
B.Y. Vijayendra, R. Ashoka, and BJP leaders and workers took to the streets of Bengaluru on 24 August 2026, demanding that Karnataka Minister B. Nagendra quit over alleged corruption in the Valmiki Development Corporation. (Photo: NationPress)
Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka led slogan-shouting alongside BJP leaders and workers in Bengaluru on 24 August 2026, as the party demanded Karnataka Minister B. Nagendra's resignation over alleged corruption in the Valmiki Development Corporation. (Photo: NationPress)
R. Ashoka, Karnataka's Leader of Opposition, was joined by BJP cadres in raising slogans in Bengaluru on 24 August 2026, keeping up pressure on Minister B. Nagendra to resign over alleged irregularities in the Valmiki Development Corporation. (Photo: NationPress)
Karnataka BJP state president B.Y. Vijayendra led party leaders and workers in a protest march through Bengaluru on 24 August 2026, demanding that Minister B. Nagendra resign over alleged corruption in the Valmiki Development Corporation. (Photo: NationPress)