Congress gave birth to 'illegal things and corruption' in country: Karnataka CM

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said the Congress is the one that gave birth to illegal things and corruption in the country as he hit out at the opposition partys police complaint against him and BJP leaders calling it laughable and ignobleAlleging that Congress legislators were caught red handed in Kunigal in Tumakuru district recently distributing pressure cookers to voters and were fined by the Commercial Tax department Bommai called it pressure cooker partyThe Congress today lodged a complaint with the police against BJP national president J P Nadda state president Nalin Kumar Kateel Bommai and MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi levelling allegations of offering bribes to woo voters in the ensuing assembly polls in the StateThe complaint comes following an alleged announcement of Rs 6000 per vote in the assembly elections due in May by Gokak BJP MLA JarkiholiThis is an example of how low the Congress has reached Those who made a statement will give a clarification for what they said Congress party itself has announced that it will provide Rs 2000 for every womanled household 200 units of free power they are making announcements every day Bommai saidAlso Read Karnataka govt fixes around Rs 60 lakh as fee per day for legal team fighting border row case in SCSpeaking to reporters he said if the same yardsticks are applied the Congress too is guilty of alluring votersTheir Congress legislators four to five of them distributing cookers to voters with their photos on it have been found with evidence in Kunigal Commercial Tax officials have seized them and have fined four of them he saidWith so much within they have stopped to such a low to create confusion among the people to do their politicsState Congress president D K Shivakumar legislature party leader Siddaramaiah who are signatories of the complaint have requested the police to register a case and conduct an inquiryStating that the Congress has a guarantee that they will lose in the elections so they are indulging in lodging complaint and other tactics Bommai said police will look into it and let legal process follow we are ready to face itIf they give such complaints hundred complaints can be filed against them Congress this is low level politics Ultimately people will decide it is the peoples court he said adding that Congress is the one that gave birth to illegal things and corruptionFurther noting that Commercial Tax department officials have seized the cookers in Kunigal that were being distributed by four Congress legislators and fined them as there were no bills the Chief Minister said such things have happened in other places too we will get complete information on them and certainly get it investigatedLater speaking to reporters in Hirekerur Bommai termed Congress complaint based on Jarkiholis statement as laughable and ignoble and said recently the Supreme Court has also said that if any individual makes a statement it cannot be attributed to his organisation or the governmentFor political reasons as they are guaranteed about their loss in the election Congress is making false and politically motivated allegations to misguide the people They will continue to make such attempts People are aware of it Everything will happen in accordance with law he saidPointing at cooker distribution by Congress MLAs he called the grand old party a pressure cooker party and said they have love for pressure cooker even if a bomb was placed inside it they will say that there was nothing directing to Shivakumars statement on Mangaluru cooker blast caseReacting to Shivakumar calling him Brashtacharada Pitamaha father of corruption he said the first corruption scandal in this country was from Congress Congress began corruption in this country and corruption is its integral partWhat should I say about Shivakumar he is probably the cleanest person in politics the Chief Minister said sarcasticallyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever