New Delhi, June 12 -- Stepping up his attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Friday accused the BJP of adopting "North Korean-style" election tactics, specifically condemning the rejection of Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan's Rajya Sabha nomination.

Speaking in the national capital, the Chief Minister alleged that the Returning Officer acted as a tool for the BJP to disqualify Natarajan.

"Earlier, they used to practice 'vote chori' (stealing votes), and now they are practising 'seat chori' (stealing seats). The Returning Officer has been used as a tool to disqualify Natarajan; it is a sad state of affairs for our democracy," Reddy said.

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