Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s son says distributed iron boxes, cookers before Assembly polls, BJP asks ECI to take note

ಚುನಾವಣೆ ಗೆಲುವಿಗೆ ವಾಮಮಾರ್ಗವೇ ರಾಜಮಾರ್ಗವೆಂದು ಭಾವಿಸಿರುವ @siddaramaiah ಮತ್ತು @Dr_Yathindra_S ಅವರು ಜನರಿಗೆ ಸುಳ್ಳು ಅಮಿಷಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡಿ ಕುಕ್ಕರ್‌, ಇಸ್ತ್ರಿ ಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆಗಳ ಆಸೆ ಹುಟ್ಟಿಸಿ ಅಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ಮತಗಳನ್ನು ಗಿಟ್ಟಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ತರೀಕೆರೆ ಟಿಕೆಟ್‌ ಅಕಾಂಕ್ಷಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದ ಗೋಪಿಕೃಷ್ಣ ಅವರೇ ಹೇಳಿರುವಂತೆ ಅವರಿಂದ ₹2 ಕೋಟಿ… pic.twitter.com/3CaSj7Ervg

— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) September 20, 2023

Soon after the video went viral, former chief minister and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai demanded the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take note of Yathindra’s statement. There is already a petition pending against Siddaramaiah, and ECI must take this issue seriously, said Bommai.

Following the ire of the Opposition, Yathindra, who was the Varuna MLA from 2018 to 2023, claimed that the items were neither distributed by his father nor the Congress. He said the items were distributed to ensure his victory, not his father’s.

He said that he was yet to decide whether he would contest from Varuna and it was done before the election code of conduct came into effect. The items were gifts distributed by Madiwala community leaders, he said.