Modi attacks Siddaramaiah government in poll bound Karnataka

Karnataka, Feb 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked Congress government in Karnataka on Tuesday and said that the Siddaramaiah government had turned into a 'Seedha Rupaiah' government and took "commission" to implement a project or scheme.

"The Siddaramaiah government has turned into a Seedha Rupaiah (straightaway money) government as no official work is done without giving money or 10, 12, 15 per cent commission," Modi said at a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in this textile town, about 260km northwest of Bengaluru.

Everything in the Congress-ruled state appeared to happen at a price, he said and added that Karnataka needed freedom from this kind of corruption.