'Congress taxing people of Karnataka to fund Telangana campaign'

Hyderabad (Telangana): Union Minister and Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress alleging that it was taxing the people in Karnataka to fund the election campaign in Telangana.

"Congress party came to power in Karnataka on the basis of five guarantees. But they are not fulfilling these guarantees. Every section of the society in Karnataka is against Congress. On the orders of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, Congress indulging in corruption is gathering crores of rupees by the way 'election tax' in Karnataka to fund its election campaigns in Telangana, Chhattisgarh & Rajasthan" Telangana BJP Chief Kishan Reddy said.

The allegations come after several senior Congress leaders and ministers like Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar have been campaigning extensively in Telangana for the Congress.

The BJP which unveiled its election manifesto for Telangana on November 18 has also attacked the ruling BRS calling for the removal of the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao.

"KCR ko hatao, Telangana ko bachao, BJP ko jitao" Kishan Reddy said while addressing a press conference in Hyderabad.

"We will commission an investigation led by a retired Supreme Court judge into the corruption allegations against BRS. No one, including the KCR family and BRS MLAs, will be spared from this inquiry" Reddy added.

The BJP state in charge claimed that the BJP was getting a lot of support and would emerge victorious on December 3.

(ANI)