The BJP has "abducted" and "kept in wrongful confinement" Karnataka Congress MLA Anand Singh by using the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Income Tax (I-T) department against him, the party alleged on the eve of the floor test for the Yeddyurappa government. "(Congress MLA) Anand Singh is abducted and kept in wrongful confinement by the BJP people using the ED and the I-T. They don't know anything other than false propaganda," Siddaramaiah said.Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said Singh was in Delhi and would be with the party once he is "freed". Rejecting suggestions of any break in the ranks of the Congress and the JD(S) MLAs, Siddaramaiah maintained that all of them were together. Targeting the Prime Minister and the BJP president, Siddaramaiah said, "Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are fossils of Hitler in this country.

Source: dna May 18, 2018 13:18 UTC