With hours to go for Karnataka assembly election, the Congress has accused BJP leader Sriramulu of bribing former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan to get a favourable order in one of the cases pertaining to Obulapuram mining company. Armed with sting operations from 2010, Congress demanded a high-level inquiry into, what it referred to as, a "massive bribery scandal".

On the last day of campaigning in Karnataka, the Congress created a storm by releasing a video it claims shows BJP leader B Sriramulu trying to bribe the son-in-law of a former Supreme Court judge for a favourable verdict in an illegal mining case involving the Reddy brothers.

The clip was released by Karnataka home minister Ramalinga Reddy at what the Congress described an 'explosive press conference'. The party alleged that just one day before the then SC judge retired, he passed an order in a case related to a mining company of the Reddy brothers.

"Now several videos have been released which show how bribe deals were done," said Karnataka Congress quoting its working President Dinesh Gundu Rao in a tweet.
 

The BJP was quick to dub the 'sting' operation clip as fake news that showed the desperation of the Congress party.

Met EC&made 4 demands that the video in which BJP's Sriram Malu&son in law of ex CJI,that talks about bribes that were given,basis on the video an FIR should be registered against all those who are participating in it.Ban on showing that video in #Karnataka must be lifted:K Sibal pic.twitter.com/XRSnEcXrbH

— ANI (@ANI) May 11, 2018

#WATCH BJP President Amit Shah at a road show in Badami, CM candidate BS Yeddyurappa also present. #KarnatakaElections2018 pic.twitter.com/z8InB4pXoG

— ANI (@ANI) May 10, 2018