<p>Taking a cue from the Karnataka Congress unit's campaign before Assembly election, posters of 'PayCS' with a QR Code emerged in public places in the district headquarters town of Mandya targeting state Agriculture Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy on Thursday over alleged corruption.</p>.<p>The police removed the posters and detained some persons who are said to be BJP workers.</p>.Letter against Chaluvarayaswamy: CID officials visit Department of Agriculture office in Mandya.<p>The Opposition BJP as well as the JD(S) have distanced themselves from the 'poster campaign' claiming that it is a 'people's movement' and they have nothing to do with it.</p>.<p>According to police sources, several posters with a QR code with an image of Chaluvarayaswamy surfaced at public places on Thursday.</p>.<p>A copycat of the UPI app PayTM's style, which the Congress party had spoofed in its <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/40-sarkar-paycm-posters-with-bommais-likeness-surface-in-bengaluru-1146944-1451973">'PayCM' campaign</a> targeting then Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai before the Assembly elections, the 'PayCS' poster similarly accuses Chaluvarayaswamy, who is the Mandya district in-charge minister, of collecting bribes.</p>.<p>The poster read: "PayCS, six to eight lakh rupees accepted here. Scan this QR Code to make Chaluvaraya Swamy pay for Karnataka Congress. For any transfer deal, PAYCS KARO!"</p>.<p>Mandya BJP district president C P Umesh told <em>PTI</em>, "It's not a BJP campaign. I came to know that some youth said to be BJP workers have been detained. I am yet to get details of the arrest but we are not involved. The people of Mandya have stood up against the minister." </p>.<p>A JD(S) leader said his party has no role in the campaign.</p>.<p>"There are many problems within the Mandya Congress unit. It could be the handiwork of such people only," he told PTI.</p>.<p>Recently, seven assistant directors of the agriculture department in Mandya allegedly wrote to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot accusing Minister Chaluvarayaswamy of demanding Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh through the joint director.</p>.<p>The Governor forwarded it to Chief Secretary Vandita Sharma, asking her to take appropriate action.</p>.'Fake' plaint against agriculture minister: CM Siddramaiah orders CID probe.<p>Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Chaluvarayaswamy and the Agriculture Joint Director of Mandya district called the letter sent to the Governor 'fake'.</p>.<p>Siddaramaiah later ordered a CID inquiry into the purported letter.</p>.<p>The chief minister called it a fake letter and blamed the BJP and their "brother", an apparent reference to the JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, for "creating it".</p>.<p>Chaluvarayaswamy also called on the Governor and told him that the letter was fake.</p>.<p>He also requested him to enquire about such letters in future before sending them to the government. </p>
<p>Taking a cue from the Karnataka Congress unit's campaign before Assembly election, posters of 'PayCS' with a QR Code emerged in public places in the district headquarters town of Mandya targeting state Agriculture Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy on Thursday over alleged corruption.</p>.<p>The police removed the posters and detained some persons who are said to be BJP workers.</p>.Letter against Chaluvarayaswamy: CID officials visit Department of Agriculture office in Mandya.<p>The Opposition BJP as well as the JD(S) have distanced themselves from the 'poster campaign' claiming that it is a 'people's movement' and they have nothing to do with it.</p>.<p>According to police sources, several posters with a QR code with an image of Chaluvarayaswamy surfaced at public places on Thursday.</p>.<p>A copycat of the UPI app PayTM's style, which the Congress party had spoofed in its <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/40-sarkar-paycm-posters-with-bommais-likeness-surface-in-bengaluru-1146944-1451973">'PayCM' campaign</a> targeting then Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai before the Assembly elections, the 'PayCS' poster similarly accuses Chaluvarayaswamy, who is the Mandya district in-charge minister, of collecting bribes.</p>.<p>The poster read: "PayCS, six to eight lakh rupees accepted here. Scan this QR Code to make Chaluvaraya Swamy pay for Karnataka Congress. For any transfer deal, PAYCS KARO!"</p>.<p>Mandya BJP district president C P Umesh told <em>PTI</em>, "It's not a BJP campaign. I came to know that some youth said to be BJP workers have been detained. I am yet to get details of the arrest but we are not involved. The people of Mandya have stood up against the minister." </p>.<p>A JD(S) leader said his party has no role in the campaign.</p>.<p>"There are many problems within the Mandya Congress unit. It could be the handiwork of such people only," he told PTI.</p>.<p>Recently, seven assistant directors of the agriculture department in Mandya allegedly wrote to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot accusing Minister Chaluvarayaswamy of demanding Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh through the joint director.</p>.<p>The Governor forwarded it to Chief Secretary Vandita Sharma, asking her to take appropriate action.</p>.'Fake' plaint against agriculture minister: CM Siddramaiah orders CID probe.<p>Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Chaluvarayaswamy and the Agriculture Joint Director of Mandya district called the letter sent to the Governor 'fake'.</p>.<p>Siddaramaiah later ordered a CID inquiry into the purported letter.</p>.<p>The chief minister called it a fake letter and blamed the BJP and their "brother", an apparent reference to the JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, for "creating it".</p>.<p>Chaluvarayaswamy also called on the Governor and told him that the letter was fake.</p>.<p>He also requested him to enquire about such letters in future before sending them to the government. </p>