The suicide of a contractor in Karnataka and his allegations against an aide of Priyank Kharge -- Karnataka minister and the son of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge -- is becoming the next flashpoint between the BJP and the Congress. A BJP member of Rajya Sabha took at dig at Kharge senior with a post on X, saying while he is "busy saving democracy in Delhi, this is what is happening in his backyard, the Republic of Kalaburgi".