ED charge sheet: Karnataka BJP seeks disqualification of Ballari MP E. Tukaram
The Hindu
BJP MLC N. Ravikumar alleged that a part of the money allegedly siphoned off from the Karnataka Valmiki ST Development Corporation had been spent on the Lok Sabha polls in Ballari by the ruling Congress.
The BJP has urged the Election Commission of India to disqualify Congress MP from Ballari, E. Tukaram, in the wake of a charge sheet by the Enforcement Directorate with respect to alleged irregularities in Karnataka Valmiki ST Development Corporation stating that ₹21 crore siphoned off from the corporation was spent on the Lok Sabha election in Ballari.
Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru on September 10, BJP MLC N. Ravikumar alleged that it had now become clear that a part of the money siphoned off from the corporation had been spent on the Lok Sabha polls in Ballari by the ruling Congress.