Karnataka election 2018: Now Rahul Gandhi goes for crowd-funding, looks to raise Rs 28 lakh

Congress president Rahul Gandhi asked people in Karnataka to extend their support to Congress’s candidate in Molakalmuru, Dr Yogesh Babu, by crowd-funding his campaign.

“It’s a clear fight in Karnataka. Clean Politics vs Dirty Politics. Mafia vs People. With the BJP fielding the corrupt Reddy gang, we are trying a novel approach to fund our candidate. Support our candidate by making a contribution,” Gandhi tweeted. Dr Babu is pitched against the BJP’s Sriramulu, a close confidante of mining baron Janardhan Reddy.

Congress has urged people to fund Dr Babu’s campaign in a bid to oust Sriramulu. It’s campaign, shared on Monday, has already raised more than Rs 5,50,000 of the Rs 28,00,000 it aims to raise.

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On the petitions page, the party has pitched Dr Babu as a self-made grassroots man who must take on Sriramulu, who has deep pockets. “.. a 33-year-old Ph.D. scholar, Dr. Yogesh Babu is willing to challenge the ‘mafia’. A self-made man, Babu hails from Molakalmuru, where he actively took part in grass-roots politics and is deeply admired by his people for his sincerity and clean politics (sic),” says the petition.

Source: DNA India