Daijiworld Media Network – Beltangady (MS)

Beltangady, May 10: The vice president of BJP town panchayat was caught red-handed by election commission officials while distributing cash to the public late in the night on Tuesday May 9.

Jayananda Gowda was caught red-handed by former Congress MLA Vasant Bangera while he was distributing cash in Kellaguthu Colony.

The BJP leaders were distributing money in cars that did not bear registration number plates. They were also caught by former MLA Vasant Bangera and handed over to the police.

It may be recalled, earlier on Monday, a video related to an incident went viral on the social media where BJP candidate of Beltangady constituency Harish Poonja was accused of enticing voters with cash during house-to-house campaigning. It is heard that Poonja and his team offered Rs five lac to the residents of a Dalit colony of Ashoknagar when they went there to seek votes. In addition, he also promised the Dalits of building houses and providing them with RTC in their colony. Locals, who got angry at Harish Poonja, gheraoed him and exchanged heated words with his team members. It is said that Harish and his followers escaped from the spot as soon as the locals began gheraoing them.