B. Nagendra, a former Karnataka minister and Congress MLA, accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of pressuring him to implicate Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar in the Valmiki Corporation scam. After being granted bail, Nagendra claimed the ED acted under pressure from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to destabilize the Congress-led government in Karnataka. He denied any involvement in the scam, which involved the misappropriation of funds from the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Development Corporation, and emphasized that it was a banking fraud rather than a government scam. Nagendra alleged that the ED attempted to falsely link Congress leaders to the case, despite there being no written orders or evidence connecting them to the wrongdoing. He stated that the scam was primarily the result of bank officials' negligence, particularly during the Lok Sabha elections. The controversy highlights ongoing political tensions in Karnataka, with accusations of conspiracy between the BJP and the ED to undermine the Congress government.