Synopsis: A 2019 survey by a global anti-corruption advocacy group became the centre of a fresh political spat between the ruling Congress and the BJP in Karnataka this week, after Deputy Lokayukta Justice B Veerappa cited the survey to claim that corruption in the state now stood at 63 percent. Despite Veerappa’s later clarification, leaders from the two parties have been trading blows, each blaming the other for the state’s corruption.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka recently targeted the ruling Congress over a statement issued by Deputy Lokayukta Justice B Veerappa claiming earlier this week that corruption in the state stood at 63 percent.

But much to the saffron party’s embarrassment, he was referring to an old survey from 2019.

At a public event on Wednesday, 3 De

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