CHENNAI: A video of two men taking out bundles of cash stuffed in a car tyre has gone viral with netizens claiming the BJP is illegally smuggling money to cover election expenses in Karnataka which goes to the polls on May 10.

A Karnataka Congress worker shared this as, “When was the last time you saw Rs 2,000 notes? BJP stuffs it into tyres for election expenses.” Alt News found in 2019, I-T officials confiscated Rs 2.3 cr in cash from the spare tyre of a car travelling from Bengaluru to Shivamogga. No media report linked it to any political party.

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