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Vijayendra seeks EC action against alleged illegal voter additions in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 1 (UNI) Karnataka BJP president Vijayendra Yediyurappa on Thursday demanded scrutiny of alleged illegal additions to electoral rolls in the state, saying political workers had the right to approach the Election Commission seeking deletion of ineligible names.
Addressing a press conference at Bangarapet, Vijayendra said BJP workers and members of other political parties had brought to their notice alleged irregularities in voter lists in several Assembly constituencies during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
“There is nothing wrong in approaching the Election Commission and requesting it to delete names that have allegedly been added illegally. If the name is genuine, the Election Commission will retain it, and if it is illegal, it should be removed,” he said.
Vijayendra alleged that during the SIR process, there were instances of people being brought together at mosques and other places for addition of names to electoral rolls. He also alleged that complaints had been received about the inclusion of Bangladeshi nationals as voters.
“These issues have been brought to the notice of the Election Commission. What is wrong in asking the poll panel to verify such names?” he asked.
The BJP leader said the Election Commission should independently verify complaints and take action wherever irregularities were established.
Vijayendra also accused the Congress government of attempting to divert attention from the issue and said his party would continue to raise concerns relating to electoral rolls.
He said the BJP had information about alleged irregularities in voter lists in several Assembly constituencies and that party workers were approaching the Election Commission with details of such names.
The BJP state president questioned the Congress over its alleged concern about deletion of names from electoral rolls, saying the same concern should have been shown when allegedly ineligible persons were added to the voter lists.
He alleged that the Congress was raising objections to the issue only because it was unable to check Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity.
Vijayendra's remarks came as the electoral-roll revision process in Karnataka remained a politically contentious issue, with parties and groups raising competing claims over alleged wrongful additions and deletions of names.
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