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Karnataka Election 2018: Why Corruption is a non-issue in Karnataka?

Karnataka Election 2018 Why Corruption is a non-issue in Karnataka? By Deepak Parvatiyar The Marathi translation of this article was published in Pudhari newspaper on 9th May 2018 http://newspaper.pudhari.co.in/viewpage.php?edn=Solapur&date=2018-05-09&edid=PUDHARI_SOL&pid=PUDHARI_SOL&pn=4#Article/PUDHARI_SOL_20180509_04_3/359px/15759FF With Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling the Siddaramaiah government a “Seedha Rupaiya sarkar” (straight money-minded government), and the Chief Minister serving a legal notice on the BJP,  PM as well as the Karnataka BJP president B.S. Yeddyurappa slapping  Rs. 100 crore for defamation, electioneering in Karnataka has hit a new low. It has been reduced to the level of a  slugfest  to prove who is more corrupt than oneself. Congress president Rahul Gandhi too has stepped in, asking the Prime Minister to tell that  “ he is taking the money from common man and giving it to Nirav Modi a