A contemporary confrontation erupted between friends-turned-foes Congress and JD(S) chief HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday after the grand outdated get together accused him of “stealing electricity” by hooking up the Diwali illuminations at his Bengaluru house to a close-by energy line.
Taking to X (previously Twitter), the Karnataka Congress shared a video which purportedly exhibits a cable, stretching out from the roof of Kumaraswamy’s JP Nagar residence related to an influence line.
“It is a tragedy that a former Chief Minister has resorted to power theft! Didn’t you hold a press conference and say ‘Karnataka is in the dark’, but now you have lit your house with stolen electricity? When your house is shining like this, why do you say that Karnataka is in the dark?” the Congress stated.
Responding to the Congress get together’s allegations, Kumaraswamy admitted {that a} personal decorator had examined the lighting association at his home by connecting it to a close-by energy line. “I realised this when I returned home and immediately removed it and ensured that power was drawn from the house connection,” he stated and apologised.
The previous Karnataka Chief Minister stated he was open to an investigation by energy authorities into the matter and would willingly pay a superb if served discover.
Firing again at Kumaraswamy, Congress stated as a former Chief Minister, he ought to be “ashamed” for “trivialising” the matter of energy theft.