Watch: BJP’s BS Yeddyurappa says tie up voters, send to polling booth  

TV9 Kannada captured the Bharatiya Janata Party's chief ministerial candidate for Karnataka assembly elections BS Yeddyurappa controversially saying "Those who don’t vote, tie their hands and legs and send them to the polling booth". Yeddyurappa was addressing an election meeting at Hobli village in Tumakuru, Karnataka on May 5.

Yeddyurappa’s comment (in Kannada) can be heard at minute 1.11 onward
in the video below:

ANI has reported that BS Yeddurappa said “Don't rest now. If you think that somebody isn't voting, go to their homes, tie up their hands & legs & bring them to vote in favour of Mahantesh Doddagoudar (BJP candidate from Kittur): BS Yeddyurappa, BJP CM candidate for Karnataka, in Belagavi

This article was updated at 4.22 pm on Saturday, May 5, to add the ANI tweet