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Can anybody be dragged to polling booth? Siddaramaiah hits out at Yeddyurappa over tie hands & legs comment

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday hit-out at BS Yeddyurappa after the BJP's chief ministerial candidate told party workers to tie hands and legs and bring people to vote.

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday hit-out at BS Yeddyurappa after the BJP's chief ministerial candidate told party workers to tie hands and legs and bring people to vote.

"This shows 'gundagardi' element in Yeddyurappa. Can anybody be dragged to polling booth? It's all a fake campaign by him," said Siddaramaiah​,

Last week, amid ongoing war of words, Yeddyurappa sparked a row when he said that the party workers should tie the hands and legs of those aren't coming to vote and bring them.

Yeddyurappa made the remark while addressing a rally in Belagavi.

"Don't rest now. If you think that somebody isn't voting, go to their homes, tie up their hands and legs & bring them to vote in favour of Mahantesh Doddagoudar (BJP candidate from Kittur)," said.

Reacting to Yeddyurappa's comment, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had said that a defeatist BJP facing rejection at the hands of Kannadigas is threatening voters in frustration.

"Mr. Yeddyurappa, insulting democracy & intimidating voters will trounce the BJP decisively," he said in a tweet.

The Congress President has already up the ante against Yeddyurappa, questioning his candidature even after cases of corruption.

In a tweet, Rahul Gandhi has questioned why is PM Modi making corrupt Yeddyurappa the CM candidate for Karnataka?

"Modi ji has to say....If he is fighting against corruption, why did he give 8 tickets to the Reddy brothers and those in their camp? Why he made Yeddyurappa the BJP's chief ministerial candidate?" said Rahul attacking Modi.

With just a week left for the 224-member Karnataka Assembly, both Congress and BJP have got into a war of words, challenging each other. BJP is making an all-out effort to oust the Congress government from the state.

The Karnataka Assembly elections are slated for May 12 and results will be out on May 15.

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