BENGALURU: Karnataka Excise Minister and senior Congress MLA HY Meti resigned after a sex tape involving him was released in public. While the tape is said to be just 30 seconds long, and does not show the women he is alleged to be involved with, the minister can be seen clearly, with his trademark spectacles indulging in some kind of sexual act.
Once the tape was released to regional Kannada television channels, Meti went to Krishna, home office of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and submitted his resignation which was accepted and forwarded to Governor Vajubhai Vala. Later addressing the media, Siddaramaiah said, "Meti submitted his resignation voluntarily on moral grounds and I have accepted it, after the CD was released. I have also ordered a CID inquiry into the entire episode to get to the truth of the incident, after the minister claimed that it was a conspiracy against him and that he was trapped in the act."
He said there was no embarrassment to the government and that the resignation was not sought for. This is the second incident involving his ministers; primary and secondary education minister Tanveer Sait was caught watching sleaze pictures on camera recently. Meti's sex scandal rocked the state earlier last week, after RTI activist Rajashekhar complained of death threats from the minister and his camp for saying he had a sex tape on him.
