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BSP accuses Congress, BJP of bribing voters

BANGALORE: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate from the Chickpet Assembly Constituency, L.R. Ananth, on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to ensure free and fair elections in the constituency as the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates were allegedly bribing voters by doling out goodies. Mr. Ananth told presspersons that Congress candidate R.V. Devaraj and Hemachandra Sagar of the BJP were arranging free breakfast, lunch and dinner for residents of all the slums in the constituency. Besides, the two candidates were distributing household appliances such as colour television sets and refrigerators to woo the voters, he alleged.

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