Mandya (Karnataka): The Mandya Court, on April 4, booked the Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar for allegedly throwing Rs 500 currency notes during the Praja Dhwani Yatra in Mandya.
On March 28, near Bevinahalli in Srirangapatna, during the Congress party’s “Praja Dhwani Yatra,” D K Shivakumar is reported to have thrown Rs 500 currency notes at the artists performing in the rally. After the incident, the Election Commission filed a complaint, based on which a non-cognisable offence was registered against D K Shivakumar. After that, the Congress leader was booked by Mandya rural police at the direction of a local court.
D K Shivakumar has previously expressed confidence in the Congress’ preparedness for the Assembly elections on March 29.
“Congress is ready for elections, we want this Government to be dismissed. The earlier this Government is dismissed, the better it is for the state and country. This election will be development-oriented and for a corruption-free state and country,” Shivakumar told reporters hitting out at Bharatiya Janata Party, the State Congress chief alleged that the party is “compromising corruption” in Karnataka.
“This election will be a model because corruption is at its peak. PM Modi encouraged corruption and did not open his mouth. He did not take any action against his party leaders. Only for the sake of the party, he is compromising a lot of corrupt activities. The BJP never gave employment to the youth. Our clean administration will bring our party to power,” he added.
Karnataka, which has 224 seats in the Assembly, currently has 119 MLAs of the ruling BJP, while Congress has 75 and its ally JD(S) has 28 seats.
On March 29, the Election Commission announced the schedule for the Karnataka Assembly elections. The polling would take place in a single phase on May 10, and the counting of votes will be done on May 13.
(with inputs from ANI)
