After allegations that Karnataka Chief Minister’s Workplace despatched money as ‘Diwali reward’ to journalists, Karnataka Congress now slammed the ruling occasion for together with scotch bottles contained in the reward packs. The state unit of Congress requested what else is included within the reward pack to woo the journalists aside from money, scotch bottles, wristwatches and gold cash.
The Congress on Saturday demanded the registration of a graft case over the problem of bribing journalists with money. “Earlier than the election – neither will I take pleasure in corruption, nor will I let others take pleasure in it. After the election – will take ’40 per cent fee’ after which ship bribes to Karnataka media in candy bins on Diwali,” Congress chief Rahul Gandhi tweeted including, “BJP authorities of ‘PayCM’ and ‘PayPM’, corruption of ‘double engine’ throughout the nation.”
In keeping with sources within the CMO, Bommai has mentioned he was unaware that “money” was given to journalists, a PTI report mentioned.
A tweet from the official Twitter deal with of Karnataka Congress learn, “The good injustice of the federal government has come out from the sincere journalists who say, ‘We do not want a bribe field from the federal government, our lunch field is sufficient.’ What else is there on this field in addition to scotch, watch, gold coin? It’s due to corruption that BJP has come to imagine that every thing could be purchased with cash.”
In a response to the allegations of the opposition occasion, the ruling BJP occasion defended their transfer and mentioned that it’s a custom within the state to ship sweets to journalists throughout Diwali. “Congress leaders are repeating the identical outdated tape by making baseless allegations. They appear to appreciate that Bharat Jodo Yatra has not yielded outcomes. There’s a custom of giving candy bins to journalists throughout festivals within the state since time immemorial,” mentioned a tweet from the Karnataka BJP Twitter deal with.
BJP additionally alleged that even Congress paid journalists to cowl Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra within the state. One other tweet learn, “There’s a dialogue concerning the cost of cash to the chosen journalists by the State Congress throughout #BharatTodoYatra by the state president of your occasion himself.”