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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (SB)

Mangaluru, Apr 3: K K Manjunath, Congress’ candidate for Legislative Council, Teachers constituency, Eastern Region, on Monday, April 2 alleged that MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik was funding looking after the entire postal expenses of independent candidates to divide votes in the election for Teachers’ constituency.

Addressing media, he said, “BJP is supporting independent candidates against me and funding them to defeat me. BJP and Sangh Parivar are trying to divide votes. Capt Ganesh Karnik is working against me and has promised an independent candidate to look after his entire postal expenses regarding the election.

"BJP is already confirm with their candidates’ defeat, hence are supporting independent candidates with the only intension of defeating me. They know that a large number of teachers are coming forward to support me. Meanwhile, many have questioned Capt Ganesh Karnik on his tenure. He does not have any answers as he did nothing good for teachers in his tenure. So he is now supporting independent candidates against me. He has assured them all type of financial help,” alleged Manjunath.

“Beside this, the BJP is spreading false allegations on me. They think that if votes are divided, BJP candidates can win the election without any difficulties. But I want to only say that intelligent voters will send BJP home without any hesitation. They already know that the current MLC did nothing for their welfare. Today, our teachers are facing many issues. They are going through a tough time. But, the current representative is busy with political activities. Hence, they want a change,” he added.

Harish Kumar, district Congress president and others leaders were present.