BENGALURU: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Election Commission against NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu, chief minister Basavaraj Bommai and others for violating laws governing presidential elections by lodging state BJP lawmakers at a five-star hotel and allegedly hosting a sumptuous feast for them on the eve of Monday’s polls.
Congress asked the EC to invalidate all 121 votes cast by BJP MLAs in favour of Murmu in the interest of a free and fair election. The complaint was signed by opposition leader Siddaramaiah, state Congress chief DK Shivakumar and opposition leader in the council BK Hariprasad. In its complaint, Congress claimed that on directions from Murmu, Bommai, BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel, BJP patriarch BS Yediyurappa, and chief whip in the assembly Satish Reddy, summoned all BJP MLAs to a fivestar hotel in Bengaluru on Saturday to “influence” them to vote for Murmu.
