Bengaluru, Sept. 6 -- Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai today accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of reversing reforms, burdening people with heavy taxation, and undermining electoral transparency - all, he said, "just to please his political masters.""Now he wants to drag Karnataka backwards just to please his political masters," Bommai declared, calling the reported cabinet move to reintroduce ballot papers a betrayal of Karnataka's democratic progress. He said the Congress government was attempting to undo decades of reform and fairness achieved through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
Recalling earlier elections, Bommai argued that ballot papers were synonymous with malpractice, booth capturing, and widespread irregula...