Bengaluru: State BJP Opposition Leader Jagadish Shettar on Saturday leveled corruption charges against Textiles and Ports Minister Baburao Chinchansur. He demanded that the State government drop him from the Cabinet.

Shettar said that Chinchansur had taken a bribe of Rs 2 crore from Ajit, managing director of a Bengaluru-based KBR Infratech Pvt Ltd, to help the company bag KIADB works in his constituency, Gurmitkal, in Yagdir district.

He released documents and audio clips before the media to support his claims.

Shettar also alleged that there were references in the audio clip about Industries Minister R V Deshpande. Deshpande should resign on moral grounds till his name is cleared, he said.

He also demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter.