The BJP on Wednesday said it will launch a state-wide agitation from August 18 demanding the resignation of Energy Minister D K Shivakumar and Textiles Minister Ramesh Jharkiholi in the wake of recent I-T raids on them.

BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa said that about 25,000 party workers will take out a protest march from Freedom Park to the Vidhana Soudha on August 18. The party will lay a siege to the Vidhana Soudha. Protests will be held at all Assembly constituencies and will continue till both the ministers resign, he told reporters.

BJP to stage protests seeking DKS, Jarkiholi's resignation