Karnataka BJP MLA Jarkiholi’s Rs 6,000 per vote comment: Cong files police complaint seeking probe
The complaint filed by KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) president DK Shivakumar and Opposition leader Siddaramaiah was in connection with a purported statement made by Jarkiholi about offering Rs 6,000 per voter to vote for the BJP in the coming elections.
The Karnataka unit of the Congress filed a police complaint against Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, BJP national president JP Nadda, state president Nalin Kumar Kateel and MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi at High Grounds police station Wednesday.
The complaint filed by KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) president DK Shivakumar and Opposition leader Siddaramaiah was in connection with a purported statement made by Jarkiholi about offering Rs 6,000 per voter to vote for the BJP in the coming elections. The BJP MLA made the comment at a recent rally held near Belagavi.
The statement made by Jarkiholi on January 22 was caught on camera. During the rally, he had alleged that a Congress candidate was offering gifts to voters in the constituency and the total cost of these gifts could be around Rs 3,000. “They gave a box the day before, which might cost Rs 70-80 in the market. Today’s gift might cost Rs 600-700. Let us round it (total worth of the gifts) off to Rs 1,000. They might give another round (of gifts). It might cost a total of Rs 3,000. You vote for us if we give you 6,000,” the former water resources minister had said.
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