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Karnataka assembly polls: Congress auctioning tickets, says Narendra Modi

Party will become 'PPP Congress' - P for Punjab, P for Puducherry, and P for Parivar - after polls, the PM asserts

Narendra Modi in Karnataka
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally for the Karnataka assembly elections, in Bengaluru on Thursday

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All guns blazing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday mounted a scathing attack on the Congress over corruption, and asserted it would become “Punjab, Puducherry, Parivar” Congress after its defeat in the Karnataka assembly polls.
 
With the D-day for the polls drawing closer, Modi upped the ante against the Siddaramaiah government, alleging it has become a “corruption tank” for the Congress with a pipeline connected to Delhi, “where the money reaches directly”.
 
He also accused the top Congress leadership of auctioning tickets, party positions and even the chief minister's post. “After May 15 (when poll results will be declared), Indian

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