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BJP leader Ashoka taunted Rahul Gandhi and demanded he speak up about the alleged electoral misconduct by his party in Malur
R Ashoka, senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly. (Image via X/@RAshokaBJP)
Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R Ashoka, attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi following the Karnataka High Court’s decision to invalidate the election of Congress MLA KY Nanjegowda from the Malur constituency in Kolar district.
In a strongly worded post on X on Tuesday, Ashoka taunted Gandhi and demanded he speak up about the alleged electoral misconduct by his party in Malur.
“Will @RahulGand now come to Malur to campaign against the vote theft by CongressAs?” Ashoka wrote.
ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಶಾಸಕರ ವೋಟ್ ಚೋರಿ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಅಭಿಯಾನ ಮಾಡಲು ಈಗ @RahulGandhi ಅವರು ಮಾಲೂರಿಗೆ ಬರುತ್ತಾರಾ?ಮಹದೇವಪುರದ ಮತದಾರರ ಪಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸುದ್ದಿಗೋಷ್ಠಿ ನಡೆಸಿ ಟುಸ್ ಪಟಾಕಿ “ಆಟಂ ಬಾಂಬ್” ಸಿಡಿಸಿದ ರೀತಿ, ಮಾಲೂರು ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷ ನಡೆಸಿರುವ ಅಕ್ರಮದ ಬಗ್ಗೆಯೂ ರಾಹುಲ್ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಅವರು ಸುದ್ದಿ ಗೋಷ್ಠಿ… pic.twitter.com/4JAZJ4cPCS
— R. Ashoka (@RAshokaBJP) September 16, 2025
“Just as he held a press conference the voter list in Mahapura and burst firecrackers like an “atom bomb,” will Rahul Gandhi also a conference about the committed by the Congress party the Malur Assembly constituency and set off a “”?,” he added.
The senior BJP leader ended his post with a direct accusation, “Where is the vote thief? In the Congress legislative party!”
Ashoka’s comments come after a major development earlier in the day, when the Karnataka High Court set aside the election of Nanjegowda, ordering a recount of votes from the 2023 Assembly elections. The court found merit in a petition filed by BJP candidate KS Manjunath Gowda, who had narrowly lost to Nanjegowda and alleged serious irregularities in the counting process.
The court criticised the conduct of the District Election Officer and noted that video footage of the vote counting had not been submitted. It has ordered action against the officer and directed that the recount be completed within four weeks.
However, Nanjegowda has been granted interim relief. Acting on a plea by his legal team, the High Court has stayed its own order for 30 days, allowing the Congress MLA time to approach the Supreme Court.
If the apex court does not intervene within that period, Nanjegowda’s election will stand invalidated, and his seat will be vacated.
(With inputs from PTI)
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