An assassination plot to “wipe out” Congress President M. Mallikarjun Kharge, his wife, and his entire family was allegedly organised by a BJP candidate, according to Randeep Singh Surjewala, national secretary of the Congress party and in-charge of Karnataka.
Manikanta Rathod, the BJP candidate from the Chittapur constituency in the Kalaburagi district, is allegedly heard declaring in Kannada that he will eliminate “Kharge, his wife, and children” in the audio recording that Surjewala also provided.
Manikanta Rathod
Image Source: Hindustan Times
However, Manikanta Rathod has denied the allegations. He said, “It is all a lie. They are playing some fake audio. The Congress is leveling baseless allegations fearing defeat.”
In a press conference, Mr Surjewala said, “I am going to play for you an audio recording of an assassination plot to wipe out none less than the All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge, his wife, and his entire family as being hatched by the BJP leaders. There can be nothing more serious than that”.
He added, “the assassination plots have entered the electoral discourse of Karnataka and this was the lowest political discourse anyone can stoop to.”
Randeep Surjewala
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During the press conference, Mr Surjewala said, “Intimidated by the all-round blessings of Kannadigas being showered on the Congress party and facing a complete rout in the ensuing Karnataka election, the BJP leaders are now hatching a plot to murder Sri Mallikarjun Kharge as also his family members.”
He further said that the Chittapur candidate is a “blue eyed boy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai”.
Here is the leaked audio clip of the alleged murder:
"मैं मल्लिकार्जुन खरगे और उसके पूरे परिवार को खत्म कर दूंगा"
यह धमकी कर्नाटक में BJP कैंडिडेट और PM मोदी के चहेते मणिकांत राठौड़ ने दी है।
मणिकांत पर 3 राज्यों में घोटाले, जान से मारने की धमकी, जानलेवा हमले, अवैध वसूली, धोखाधड़ी, शांति भंग करने जैसे 40 से ज्यादा मुकदमे दर्ज… pic.twitter.com/K71YRWdxW2
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