Bengaluru, June 27 -- Former BJP National General Secretary and MLC CT Ravi on Thursday alleged that the Congress engineered cross-voting in the Legislative Council elections through "unethical means."

Speaking to reporters at the state BJP office, Jagannath Bhavan, after submitting the internal inquiry report on cross-voting to state president BY Vijayendra, Ravi said, "Congress leaders should not think that cross-voting happened out of loyalty to Congress."

"When cross-voting happens in other states, Congress leaders lecture about democratic values being violated. But now, they have devalued democracy through cross-voting. Henceforth, they have no moral right to question cross-voting," he said.

"The report mentions what precautions s...