Taking exception to the ruling Congress in Karnataka issuing newspaper advertisements describing the contribution of the Narendra Modi government to Karnataka as chembu (Kannada slang for emptiness), former prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda termed it as ‘cheap politics’.
“The Congress should be ashamed of itself for resorting to cheap politics by issuing such advertisements,” Mr. Gowda said while displayed the advertisement, during his address at a poll convention along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chikkaballapura on April 20.