Impish Congressman is all set to release a 60-page volume on what politicians did through this election season
Impish Congressman is all set to release a 60-page volume on what politicians did through this election season
A Congress leader is writing a book that he says will expose all the dirty tricks used in this year's parliamentary elections.
H Viswanath, the former minister whose autobiography had kicked up a controversy last year, is ready with another book that promises lots of masala.
The book, Matha Santhe (Vote Bazaar), will be launched on May 14.
"I have recorded all the rotten things I saw during these elections," said Viswanath, Congress candidate from Mysore.
He has contested nine elections so far, including eight to the assembly.
The former minister had irked fellow Congressmen by writing about former chief minister S M Krishna's fling with celluloid beauty B Saroja Devi in his book Halli Hakki Hadu (Song of a Village Bird).
Vishwanath started writing his dirty tricks book after April 30, when his constituency went and voted.
He finished the book in 10 days. "I wanted to use the time before election results are announced. I am happy I could finish it quickly," he told MiD DAY. Results are due on May 16.
'We're sinners'
Viswanath enjoyed writing the 60-page book as its subject is close to his heart. "Values have come down, and politicians, myself included, are sinners," he said.
Vishwanath said the book had no heroes or villance. But one villain could be H D Kumarswamy, whom he accuses of using government machinery to fight an election against his friend-turned-foe Siddaramaiah.
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