A Congress lawmaker from Karnataka has alleged that the video his party cited to allege that the BJP, bent on horse trading, had reached out to his wife, is a fake. In a scathing Facebook post, Shivram Hebbar, the lawmaker from Yellapur, denounced the "people who brought out the fake audio clip". The post was music to BJP ears, which had been facing Congress allegations of coercion and abduction ahead of its trust vote on Saturday. The Congress cited several audio clips, claiming they were recorded conversations between its new legislators and leaders of the BJP. One of these videos even had the voice of BJP's BS Yeddyurappa, the party claimed.

A Congress lawmaker from Karnataka has alleged that the video his party cited to allege that the BJP, bent on horse trading, had reached out to his wife, is a fake. In a scathing Facebook post, Shivram Hebbar, the lawmaker from Yellapur, denounced the "people who brought out the fake audio clip". The post was music to BJP ears, which had been facing Congress allegations of coercion and abduction ahead of its trust vote on Saturday. The Congress cited several audio clips, claiming they were recorded conversations between its new legislators and leaders of the BJP. One of these videos even had the voice of BJP's BS Yeddyurappa, the party claimed.