Rahul Gandhi tears into Modi's BJP after Yeddyurappa's swearing-in

Congress president Rahul Gandhi tore into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP after its chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa was sworn in after a nod from Karnataka's governor.

"See what is happening in Karnataka," he said at a rally in Chhattisgarh. "MLAs are on one side and [the] Governor on another. And you know what is the intention."

The Congress president brought up allegations that the BJP attempted to make turncoats out of JD (S) lawmakers by promising them prodigious sums of money. "And then they talk about corruption," he said.

Earlier, he tweeted that India was mourning the "defeat of democracy."