Ahead of the trust vote in Karnataka Assembly on Saturday, the ruling BJP and the Opposition are hurling allegations against each other of indulging in sorcery to garner power at any cost.
Allegations flew thick with the BJP accusing the JDS of resorting to black magic to grab power and the JD(S) accusing the saffron power of practising occult to cling to the chair.
Discovery of turmeric water being strewn across near the Vidhan Soudha on Sunday, has given room to animated discussions of both parties trying to nullify the perceptibly potential power wrecked by all the voodooism and to safeguard themselves from the evil eye of their rivals.
The civic body’s forest officials also nabbed two persons near the BJP office yesterday and recovered from them jackal skins, jackal tails and some bones, allegedly materials required for witchcraft. Investigations were on to detect why they were present there and why they were in possession of these materials.
The main entrance gates of the Vidhan Soudha, also apparently on the insistence of an astrologer, had been closed to ward away any evil forces and to retain all the positive energy. However, the police claim the move was part of heightened security measures.
The BJP even went to the extent of alleging that the son of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrochi has got into the act to destabilise its government in Karnataka.
It has come to our notice that Quattrochi’s son has come to Bengaluru and held discussions with Mr Deve Gowda in a hotel on Saturday night and is giving a push to the operation (of toppling the government),” BJP MP D.V. Sadananda Gowda said.