Karnataka Congress leader R Ramakrishna accused party's former MLA and his close aides of sabotaging JD(S)-Congress alliance's chances to win in the elections by bribing voters to vote for BJP. "Former MLA Rajanna, youth Congress' R Rajendra (and others)...distributed...funds given by Congress...among voters," he alleged. The alliance won two out of 28 seats in the state in Lok Sabha polls.