Toxic Politics: Personal Attacks and Insults Fly Between BJP and Congress Leaders.
BJP MLA and former Union minister Basanagouda Patil Yatnal likened ex-AICC chief Sonia Gandhi to a “vishkanya” (poison maiden) at a poll rally, accusing her of "ruining the country” and "working as an agent of China and Pakistan". Congress demanded the legislator’s expulsion over his remarks, while BJP accused Congress of losing all sense of propriety and political balance.