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Karnataka “Country’s Corruption Capital But…”: Congress After Eidgah Row
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Karnataka “Country’s Corruption Capital But…”: Congress After Eidgah Row

[ad_1] DK Shivakumar said he was "ashamed" that this was happening in a state like Karnataka.New Delhi: The Congress today accused the BJP of deflecting attention from multiple corruption scandals in Karnataka ahead of the next year's elections, with focus on communal issues like the row over hijab, halal meat and the lately, the Ganesh Chaturthi celebration on Eidgah land. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, the party's state unit chief DK Shivakumar said, "Karnataka has become the corruption capital of the country. In order to cover that, they are coming up with hijab, halal, the Eidgah issue and all these".Over the last year, the state has witnessed multiple divisive rows starting with the ban on hijab in educational institutions. Yesterday, a government order allowing Ganesh Chaturt...