Rs 100 crore offer for MLAs, says H D Kumaraswamy

Bengaluru: State JD(S) chief H.D. Kumaraswamy, who was on Wednesday unanimously elected the Janata Dal(S)'s Legislature Party leader, targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over horse-trading in Karnataka.

Speaking to reporters here, he claimed his party and Congress legislators were being offered Rs 100 crore and other benefits to switch loyalties to the BJP.
“Where is this Rs 100 crore coming from? When Mr Modi talks about eradicating black money from the country,  is his party giving this money in black or white? 

Is it the same money recovered from abroad, that Modi promised to put into every bank account in the country?” he asked, and wondered what the I-T department was doing when so much money is beig moved around.

Later in the day, Mr Kumaraswamy and Congress leaders hurriedly submitted a list of 117 MLAs to Governor Vajubhai Vala and sought an opportunity to prove their majority on the floor of the House.