The Congress referring to Sonia's poll speech tweeted,"The Congress will not allow anyone to pose a threat to Karnataka's reputation, sovereignty or integrity".

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday moved the Election Commission against remarks by former Congress president on ‘sovereignty of Karnataka’, which has triggered a massive political storm in the run-up to the Karnataka assembly election.

A delegation of the BJP went to the poll panel office in the national capital. “She (Sonia Gandhi) deliberately used the word sovereignty. Congress manifesto is the agenda of the 'Tukde-Tukde' gang and hence they are using such words. We hope EC will take action against this anti-national act”, Union minister Bhupender Yadav told reporters.Union minister Shobha Karandlaje too hit out at the former Congress president, "Today we gave a complaint against Sonia Gandhi to Election Commission. She gave a speech in Hubbali in which she talked about the sovereignty of Karnataka. We use sovereignty for the country. She is heading the 'Tukde-Tukde' gang. We demanded that FIR should be registered against her".On Saturday, Sonia Gandhi had addressed a rally in Hubbali district of poll-bound Karnataka. The Congress official Twitter handle posted,"CPP Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi ji sends a strong message to 6.5 crore Kannadigas: "The Congress will not allow anyone to pose a threat to Karnataka's reputation, sovereignty or integrity."A political storm erupted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders targeting the grand old party over the remark.