The last day of campaigning for the Karnataka Assembly polls was expectedly full of fireworks. Barbs and allegations were traded between the two principal rivals and audio clips, purportedly suggesting corruption, released.
In the morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, backward castes and slum workers of the Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) via the Narendra Modi app. Congress President Rahul Gandhi held a press conference, as did BJP chief Amit Shah.
The BJP president also held a road show in Badami, one of two Assembly constituencies from which Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is contesting. In his