BJP threatens agitation over Form 7 cases across K’taka
- On Thursday, police registered an FIR against T. Srinivas Mothkur, Opposition leader of the Ballari City Corporation and BJP BLA-1, for allegedly attempting to delete 7,561 voters from the Ballari City Assembly electoral rolls.
- Mothkur claimed electors were "absent or had shifted," but Ballari City Corporation election authorities rejected the applications, stating his claims "were not supported" by documentation.
- Congress BLA Goutham S filed the police complaint after Mothkur repeatedly attempted to bypass rules limiting bulk Form-7 submissions to 10 applications per day to a single Booth Level Officer.
- This case marks the sixth FIR registered in Karnataka regarding alleged Form-7 misuse, with three previous cases naming Bharatiya Janata Party members as the accused.
- Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer V Anbu Kumar subsequently directed officials to investigate reports of non-genuine bulk applications, warning that legal action would be taken against anyone found filing them.
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Karnataka: FIR against BJP BLAs for fake voter deletion in Jayanagar
Bengaluru Police have registered an FIR against two BJP Booth Level Agents (BLAs) and others for allegedly submitting fraudulent Form-7 applications to delete 5,698 voters from the Jayanagar Assembly constituency.
2 BLAs booked in Bengaluru for fraudulently deleting voters
Police in Bengaluru have registered a case against two Booth Level Agents (BLAs) and others for allegedly submitting fraudulent Form 7 applications to delete 5,698 voters from the electoral rolls in the Jayanagar Assembly constituency. The complaint, filed by Karnataka Mahila Congress president Sowmya Reddy, claims the BLAs are affiliated with the BJP and targeted minority communities and politically unfavourable voters.
Karnataka SIR | Form 7 Becomes New Flashpoint In Karnataka As Congress Flags Alleged Voter Deletions
The Karnataka voter-roll row is intensifying over alleged misuse of Form 7 during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The Karnataka government alleges that pre-printed forms were used to target genuine voters, including minorities and vulnerable groups. Home Minister Priyank Kharge has further alleged that living voters were being declared dead through Form 7 applications and questioned how voter details reached those filing the forms. The BJP…
BJP threatens agitation over Form 7 cases across K’taka
The BJP on Sunday threatened a statewide agitation if police take legal action against its workers over bulk filing of Form 7 applications during Karnataka’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, escalating the political fight over alleged attempts to delete voters.
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