BJP candidate from the Chamarajanagar constituency in Karnataka V Srinivasa Prasad has taken exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on the late Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi, saying they were "not relevant or warranted." 

Prasad, in response to queries from the media in Mysuru on Wednesday, disapproved of Modi’s description of the late Gandhi as corrupt number one. Prasad said he knew the late Gandhi too well from close quarters, and asserted that the late PM never indulged in corruption. 

Modi’s remarks on Gandhi at an election rally in Lucknow sparked angry reactions from the Congress leaders, and provoked AICC president Rahul Gandhi to tell the PM that “Karma awaits you. Projecting your inner beliefs about yourself onto my father won’t protect you.” The Congress party even moved the Election Commission on this issue.