BJP denies poaching charges, says Kumaraswamy’s Rs 100 crore figure imaginary

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday dismissed the horse-trading allegations leveled by Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader HD Kumaraswamy. Union Minister and BJP’s Karnataka in-charge Prakash Javadekar said Kumaraswamy’s charges were “baseless” and JD-S’ own lawmakers were not happy with its alliance with the Congress.