Tumakuru, Oct. 16 -- A heated verbal altercation broke out between BJP and Congress-affiliated leaders during a breakfast meeting of Veerashaiva-Lingayat community leaders at Murugharajendra Auditorium in Karnataka's Tumakuru, following objections to election campaigning at the gathering.

The meeting, convened by Union Minister of State for Railways V Somanna, witnessed a tense exchange after political appeals were reportedly made in support of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate KM Suresh for the Karnataka Legislative Council's South-East Graduates' constituency.

According to reports, Shashi Hulikunte Math, district vice-president of the Veerashaiva Mahasabha and Congress candidate from the constituency, objected to political ...