Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, who also serves as Janata Dal (Secular) president in Karnataka, led party MLAs and senior leaders in a dharna outside the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner's Office on 15 October 2026, calling for a CBI investigation into the alleged sting operation case connected to former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Janata Dal (Secular) MLAs and party leaders assembled alongside H.D. Kumaraswamy at the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner's Office on 15 October 2026 to press their demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the alleged sting operation case implicating former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
The core demand of the Janata Dal (Secular) dharna on 15 October 2026 was a CBI probe into the alleged sting operation case said to involve former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah — a probe party president H.D. Kumaraswamy argued could not be entrusted to the state police.
The alleged sting operation case involving former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has triggered fresh political turbulence, with the Janata Dal (Secular) under H.D. Kumaraswamy staging a visible street protest in Bengaluru on 15 October 2026 to demand federal level scrutiny.
The Janata Dal (Secular) chose the steps of the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner's Office as the site of its dharna on 15 October 2026, a symbolic location underscoring the party's call for the sting operation case to be transferred away from state police to the CBI.
H.D. Kumaraswamy, who holds the position of Union Minister in addition to leading the Janata Dal (Secular) in Karnataka, personally headed the dharna outside the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner's Office on 15 October 2026, lending national level weight to the party's demand for a CBI probe.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah faces renewed scrutiny following the alleged sting operation case, as the Janata Dal (Secular) staged a public dharna on 15 October 2026 demanding an impartial CBI investigation rather than a state level inquiry.
By staging a street dharna in Bengaluru on 15 October 2026, the Janata Dal (Secular) escalated its campaign over the alleged sting operation case, with party president H.D. Kumaraswamy and multiple MLAs publicly pressuring authorities to hand the matter to the CBI.
The Janata Dal (Secular)'s dharna on 15 October 2026 outside the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner's Office brought together party MLAs and senior functionaries in a unified show of opposition, with all participants rallying behind the call for a CBI probe into the alleged sting operation case linked to Siddaramaiah.
On 15 October 2026, Janata Dal (Secular) president and Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy led a formal dharna at the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner's Office, formally raising the party's demand for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the probe into the alleged sting operation case involving former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
The alleged sting operation case at the centre of the Janata Dal (Secular) agitation reportedly involves former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah; the JD(S) contends that only an independent CBI inquiry — not the state police — can ensure an impartial outcome, prompting the 15 October 2026 dharna in Bengaluru.