“Don’t make hit-and-run allegations”: DK Shivakumar rejects BJP’s claim that Congress sent money to Bihar polls

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday hit back at BJP leaders BY Vijayendra, BY Raghavendra, and others for alleging that the Congress party was sending money to the Bihar Assembly elections.

Speaking to reporters at Gandhinagar, Shivakumar said, “They are remembering their past work. We neither have such a practice nor is there a need for such a thing. This is just a hit-and-run statement; let them present evidence if they have. They are making such allegations as they are worried that the INDIA block would come to power in Bihar.”

He was responding to questions on the BJP’s allegations that Congress was sending money to the Bihar elections.

Reacting to BJP leader R Ashoka’s claim that the Karnataka government would collapse by November, Shivakumar said, “There must