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Bengaluru, Oct 20 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said the Congress has been targeting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) only to allegedly appease the minorities.
"In the by-polls, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Congress are not getting any other topic.
Hence, they are dragging RSS into the byelection campaign.
"They are commenting on RSS with a hope that they will get the votes of the minorities but they will never succeed in their efforts," Bommai said in village Naregalla in the bypoll-bound Hanagal Assembly constituency.
The Chief Minister was here to campaign for the BJP candidate Shivaraj Sajjanar who has a direct fight with Srinivas Mane of Congress and Niyaz Sheikh of the JD(S).
Replying to query on Congress leaders, especially Siddaramaiah, making allegations against him and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, Bommai said he would refrain from commenting on the statements because they were too petty for him to respond.