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BJP BLAs booked over alleged fake Form-7 filings in Jayanagar

Bengaluru, Oct 6 (UNI) Bengaluru Police have registered an FIR against two BJP Booth Level Agents (BLAs) and others for allegedly submitting fraudulent Form-7 applications seeking deletion of 5,698 voters from the Jayanagar Assembly constituency, adding a fresh twist to the raging political battle over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka.
The FIR was registered at Jayanagar police station on Monday night following a complaint by Karnataka Mahila Congress president Sowmya Reddy, who alleged that the accused had deliberately targeted voters perceived to be unfavourable to the BJP.
According to the complaint, BJP BLAs Ramakrishna and Yogesh, along with others, allegedly submitted Form-7 applications between June 16 and October 5, falsely claiming that voters had shifted from their registered addresses.
The complaint further alleged that identity details of residents Ramesh and his wife Roopa were misused to file objections without their consent and that applications carrying forged signatures were submitted to Booth Level Officer Lokesh at Jayanagar 4th Block.
Police have booked the accused under Sections 61(2)(b), 217(b), 319(2), 336(2), 340(2) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Investigation is underway.
The development comes days after Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, accompanied by six Cabinet colleagues, staged a protest outside the office of Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukkumar on October 1, demanding immediate registration of FIRs and a time-bound criminal investigation into alleged bulk submission of fraudulent Form-7 objections during the SIR exercise.
The Congress government has alleged that large-scale attempts were being made to delete genuine voters from electoral rolls and has demanded stringent action against those involved.
However, union Minister HD Kumaraswamy hit back at the government, describing the protest as a "political farce" and questioning why the Congress had remained silent when the NDA had earlier raised allegations of irregularities in the SIR process.
Kumaraswamy alleged that the Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues cancelled a Cabinet meeting to stage the protest and claimed that the issue was being used to divert public attention from other alleged irregularities in the State.
The FIR is likely to intensify the already sharp Congress-BJP confrontation over electoral-roll revision, with both sides accusing each other of attempting to manipulate the SIR process.
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