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Bengaluru:
BJP chief Amit Malviya on Wednesday accused Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D Ok Shivakumar of “brazen abuse of energy” after a video of him searching for votes from the residents of a housing society in Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha section was shared broadly on social media platforms.
Within the video clip, Mr Shivakumar was purportedly heard saying that he had come for a “enterprise deal” and if the two,510 homes within the housing society — 6,424 votes — go to his candidate — his brother D Ok Suresh is searching for re-election from Bangalore Rural within the coming elections — then he assured them that their main points regarding provide of Cauvery river water and want for a civic amenity web site can be resolved by him inside three months.
Sharing the video clip, Mr Malviya, the BJP IT division head, attacked Mr Shivakumar, the state Congress chief, and stated that no matter who the individuals select to vote for, it’s his duty as a minister to supply facilities to the individuals.
“DK Shivakumar, Deputy CM of Karnataka, in a brazen abuse of energy, holds voters of a giant housing society in his brother DK Suresh’s constituency, to ransom. Sounding each bit menacing, he wields a menace, couched in crass humour, that if the residents do not vote for his brother, he would know (since their vote is in 2/3 cubicles) and never present water and CA web site…,” he alleged in a publish on ‘X’.
“No matter who the individuals select to vote (for), it’s DK Shivakumar’s duty as a minister to supply facilities to the individuals. If he would not , then the BJP will, after they come to energy. However such threats and quid professional quo for delivering what one has been voted for is UNACCEPTABLE,” he additional alleged.
DK Shivkumar, Deputy CM of Karnataka, in brazen abuse of energy, holds voters of a giant housing society in his brother DK Suresh’s constituency, to ransom. Sounding each bit menacing, he wields a menace, couched in crass humour, that if the residents do not vote for his brother,… pic.twitter.com/Kd08TRnSzA
— Amit Malviya (मोदी का परिवार) (@amitmalviya) April 17, 2024
Tagging the Election Fee of India on ‘X’, he urged them to be aware of the a number of mannequin code of conduct violations and intimidation on this case.
Reacting to the alleged video, Mr Shivakumar instructed reporters that it was his obligation to resolve the issues of the house, or any citizen for that matter.
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