BJP President Amit Shah recently said that the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa ran the most corrupt government in the country in an embarrassing goof-up in poll-bound Karnataka.

He stated, “Recently, a retired Supreme Court judge said if there was ever a competition for the most corrupt government, then the Yeddyurappa government is number one.”

The former CM, rattled by Shah’s comments, leaned over to him to correct him along with a BJP leader who nudged the party President to make him realize that he had made a faux pas.

Shah then corrected himself and said he meant that Congress government of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah would come “first in a competition for the most corrupt government.”

Shah further stated that the BJP government at the Centre had done a lot to develop Karnataka, stating, “Siddaramaiah asks what has the Modi government done for Karnataka. I would like to remind that when there was the 13th Finance Commission during UPA regime, funds worth Rs 88,583 core were allocated for the state of Karnataka. But when the 14th finance commission was implemented after the BJP came to power at the Centre, funds for Karnataka were increased to Rs 2,19,506 crore.”

However, after Shah’s slip up, Congress President Rahul Gandhi tweeted, “Now that the BJP IT cell has announced Karnataka elections, time for a sneak preview of our top secret campaign video!

Gifted to us by the BJP President, our campaign in Karnataka is off to a fabulous start. He says Yeddyurappa ran the most corrupt Government ever.”

Siddaramaiah also tweeted, “#ShahOfLies finally speaks truth. Thank you @AmitShah.”

While Divya Spandana of the Karnataka unit of the Congress, said, “Who knew Amit Shah could also speak the truth – We all concur with you Amitji BSY-BJP is the most corrupt.”