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Rahul Gandhi today demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the BJP giving tickets to those allegedly involved in corruption, including its chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa.
With only a week left for the Karnataka elections, the Congress president put out a video titled “Karnataka’s Most Wanted” on his Twitter account to highlight the issue.
The video had photographs of Modi and other BJP leaders with the party’s election candidates, including former ministers who have cases of corruption registered against them.
“Dear Modi ji, You talk a lot. Problem is, your actions don’t match your words. Here’s a video on your candidate selection in Karnataka,” he said in the tweet.“It plays like an episode of ‘Karnataka’s Most Wanted’,” he said, using the hashtag "#AnswerMaadiModi". The video says, “Dear PM, Will you speak for 5 minutes on 8 tickets to the Reddy Brothers Gang? Making someone who has 23 cases of corruption, cheating, forgery, your CM candidate?”.
“When will you speak on your top 11 leaders facing corruption cases?” the video says, carrying pictures and names of BJP leaders Sriramulu, Somashekhar Reddy, TH Suresh Babu, Katta Subramanya Naidu, CT Ravi, Murugesh Nirani, ES EN Krishnaiah Shetty Malur, Shivana Gauda Nayak, R Ashok, Shobha Karandlaje, who are candidates in the upcoming polls.
The Karnataka Assembly elections are slated for May 12 and results will be out on May 15.
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