New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- In a blistering attack, Union Minister and JD(S) State President HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday alleged that AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge and his son, Home Minister Priyank Kharge, have hatched a conspiracy to ruin the image of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the name of a sting operation against him.

Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Kumaraswamy said the Kharge family is settling an old family grudge that Siddaramaiah was responsible for Mallikarjun Kharge missing the Chief Minister's post in the past.

"Minister Priyank Kharge's real intention is not to finish Kumaraswamy, but to ruin Siddaramaiah's image. Weaving this case in Kumaraswamy's name and finally trapping Siddaramaiah himsel...