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Leader of the Opposition successful the Assembly R. Ashok connected Sunday claimed that Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar was indirectly helping the BJP triumph the forthcoming bypolls to 2 Assembly seats successful Karnataka.
“Some elder Congress leaders are helping america win. They see Mr. Shivakumar. His calculation is that if the Congress loses these 2 bypolls, helium volition go the Chief Minister. The powerfulness tussle betwixt the Chief Minister and Mr. Shivakumar has entered Bagalkot present and we volition payment from it,” helium told reporters.
Mr. Ashok said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had nary concern talking astir wherefore the BJP had roped successful expelled MLA Basanagouda R. Patil Yatnal for the enactment campaign.
“We person not expelled him permanently. It is conscionable for a abbreviated time. Anyway, the determination connected taking him backmost to the BJP volition beryllium taken by our precocious command. Why should Mr. Siddaramaiah beryllium acrophobic astir our interior issues? If helium is assured astir winning, helium should accidental that the Congress nominee volition triumph from Bagalkot, irrespective of whether Mr. Yatnal joins the run oregon not,” Mr. Ashok said.
He alleged that immoderate NSUI students were trying to dispersed misinformation astir BJP campaigner Viranna Charantimath successful Bagalkot. “Some NSUI members person distributed pamphlets among BVV sangha hostel residents stating that if they ballot for the BJP, they volition look jailhouse terms. When we complained astir it, the constabulary took them to the presumption and fto them out. All the officers are acting similar Congress agents,” helium alleged.
He said helium would impulse each students who were enrolled arsenic voters successful Bagalkot to ballot fearlessly. “Do not fear. There is simply a authorities headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi astatine the Centre. He volition support you,” helium said.
Mr. Ashok besides alleged that the NSUI activists were acting similar this arsenic they were emboldened by the caller sojourn of Mr. Shivakumar. During his sojourn to Bagalkot recently, Mr. Shivakumar provoked these students to instrumentality instrumentality into their ain hands, helium alleged.
The Congress workers person begun hooliganism connected assemblage campuses, arsenic they were incited by Mr. Shivakumar, helium alleged.
Mr. Ashok alleged that the Congress was readying to walk crores of rupees to lure voters. “We request that the predetermination beryllium held successful a just mode truthful that the champion campaigner whitethorn win. We person complained against this to the territory electoral serviceman Sangappa and asked him to investigate,” helium said.
