When Siddaramaiah praises Modi instead of party candidate Narendra Swamy

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had a slip-of-the-tongue during an election rally in the Malavalli constituency on Tuesday. Instead of praising MLA and party candidate PN Narendra Swamy, he ended asking people to vote for Narendra Modi.

He highlighted all the work done by Swamy, who has been elected by the constituency in the 2013 and 2008 Assembly elections.

While addrressing a rally, Siddaramaiah said,"In all the villages, work on roads, drinking water, building houses, all this is possible because of Narendra Modi and us...."

However, Siddaramaiah immediately realised his mistake- and so did the crowd, who immediately raised a chorus to point out the mistake.

Immediately correcting himself, Siddaramaiah said "The important word here is Narendra," he then joked. "This Swamy is here, the Modi is in Gujarat. Narendra Modi is fiction, Narendra Swamy is the truth," he went on to say.

Siddaramaiah is not the first leader to mix up names to the great pleasure of the opposition during a public rally. Earlier, BJP national president Amit Shah called the BS Yeddyurappa government corrupt during a meeting in Davangere in March.