Kalaburagi: Former Congress leader and BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Kalaburagi Umesh Jadhav, on Wednesday blamed Congress leaders as the main reason for his daughter failing the Pre-University Examination.

Speaking in Chincholi, Jadhav added “After I joined BJP the Congress leaders made allegations against me that I joined BJP for money. This led to mental torture of my family members and they were stressed. My daughter also faced humiliation and that is why my youngest daughter failed her PUC Board examination.

“My daughter usually used to pass the examinations with good marks. But this time due to the allegations made by Congress leaders against me in the wake of elections made my family face humiliation. That’s why my daughter could not prepare and write for her exams” he said.

The two-time Congress MLA from Congress, Jadhav joined BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha Election and contested against Mallikarjun Kharge from Kalaburagi constituency from the BJP ticket.

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