Shivakumar had allegedly made these statements whereas looking for votes from a housing society in Bengaluru. (File Picture: PTI)
BJP chief Amit Malviya had slammed Shivakumar’s statements and mentioned that such threats and quid professional quo strikes are unacceptable.
An FIR was registered towards Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday for violating of the Mannequin Code of Conduct (MCC) throughout his marketing campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.
The case is in reference to a purported viral video of Shivakumar, the place he’s seen looking for votes from residents of a housing society in Bengaluru’s RR Nagar. He allegedly promised them common water provide, a CA website and different advantages in the event that they voted for his brother, DK Suresh.
Quickly after, the Bharatiya Janata Celebration had taken a swipe on the Congress chief for his “brazen abuse of energy”. Sharing the video on X, BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya mentioned, “DK Shivakumar, Deputy CM of Karnataka, in brazen abuse of energy, holds voters of a big housing society in his brother DK Suresh’s constituency, to ransom.”
DK Shivkumar, Deputy CM of Karnataka, in brazen abuse of energy, holds voters of a big 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 don’t vote for his brother,… pic.twitter.com/Kd08TRnSzA— Amit Malviya (मोदी का परिवार) (@amitmalviya) April 17, 2024
“Sounding each bit menacing, he wields a menace, couched in crass humour, that if the residents don’t vote for his brother, he would know (since their vote is in 2/3 cubicles) and never present water and CA website…,” he additional mentioned in his put up.
In accordance with Malviya’s put up, Shivakumar mentioned, “I’ve come right here for enterprise deal.. there are 2,500 homes with 6,000 votes… You want CA website and Cauvery Water… if I get this carried out, what’s going to you give to me?”
He famous that such threats and quid professional quo strikes are “unacceptable”.
“If he doesn’t, 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,” Malviya wrote.
He tagged the Election Fee on the put up and urged them to be aware of the “a number of violations and intimidation” right here.
The Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka on Saturday, took to X and mentioned, “An FIR is lodged by the FST of Bengaluru towards Dy. Chief Minister DK Shivakumar for violation of MCC whereas addressing condominium house owners in RR Nagara. The FIR No.78/2024 at RMC Yard PS is lodged u/s 171(B)(C)(E)(F) of IPC for bribery and undue affect at elections.”
An FIR is lodged by the FST of Bengaluru towards Dy. Chief Minister DK Shivakumar for violation of MCC whereas addressing condominium house owners in RR Nagara. The FIR No.78/2024 at RMC Yard PS is lodged u/s 171(B)(C)(E)(F) of IPC for bribery and undue affect at elections.— Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka (@ceo_karnataka) April 20, 2024
Shivakumar may also be heard saying, “You must share your confidence with me so I that I’ll look after you…I’m DCM, minister for BDA, Bengaluru and water — I’m all the things right here. At present is in your hand, its your determination… I’ve come to your house, utilise me, vote for me. I’ll get all these items carried out inside two-three months.”
Residents of Bengaluru have been scuffling with water disaster for greater than a month and the hovering temperatures and no rain has not made it any straightforward for the town. Cauvery river and groundwater are the primary two sources of water for the prime metropolis.
Final month, it was reported that round 50 per cent of the borewells in Bengaluru had dried up. The town, on a median, required 2,600 million litres of water every day. Nevertheless, it at present has solely half of their requirement. The each day wrestle has severely affected the lives of Bengaluru residents.
The state of Karnataka will go into polling in two phases — April 26 and Might 7 — for the Lok Sabha elections, the outcomes for that are to be anticipated on June 4.
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