<p class="bodytext">A 16-minute audio clip of 'intimate' conversation between the Congress MLA from Jamakhandi and former Union minister Siddu Nyamagouda, and a woman, said to be a Congress worker, has gone viral.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The conversation has become a talking point in the district ahead of the Assembly elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nyamagouda, who shot to fame with his giant-killing act in the 1991 Lok Sabha elections, in which he defeated former chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde, told <span class="italic">DH</span> that the audio clip is fake and fabricated. "With the Assembly elections round the corner, this is a conspiracy by my detractors to mar my reputation."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have taken up many development works in my constituency. Those unable to digest my popularity are behind this audio clip," the legislator said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I will lodge a complaint with the Superintendent of Police, seeking a thorough investigation into the clip and action against those behind the act," Nyamagouda said.</p>
<p class="bodytext">A 16-minute audio clip of 'intimate' conversation between the Congress MLA from Jamakhandi and former Union minister Siddu Nyamagouda, and a woman, said to be a Congress worker, has gone viral.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The conversation has become a talking point in the district ahead of the Assembly elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nyamagouda, who shot to fame with his giant-killing act in the 1991 Lok Sabha elections, in which he defeated former chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde, told <span class="italic">DH</span> that the audio clip is fake and fabricated. "With the Assembly elections round the corner, this is a conspiracy by my detractors to mar my reputation."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have taken up many development works in my constituency. Those unable to digest my popularity are behind this audio clip," the legislator said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I will lodge a complaint with the Superintendent of Police, seeking a thorough investigation into the clip and action against those behind the act," Nyamagouda said.</p>