CM Bommai indulging in corrupt electoral practice, alleges Congress; seeks his resignation
Bengaluru, Nov 17: The Congress in Karnataka on Thursday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, alleging he is directly responsible for a corrupt electoral practice by assigning a private entity to collect door-to-door voter information.
Congress general secretary and the party's Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala said at a press conference here that Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, the civic agency, authorised a private firm in August to carry out a door-to-door survey of voters 'free of cost' who gathered information about their gender, mother tongue, collected voter ID and Aadhaar details.
Alleging that "the chief minister was the conduit of the electoral fraud," he said, "there has to be an FIR against Basavaraj Bommai and he should be arrested."
The cache of data was not fed into the Garuda application of the government but into an application 'Digital Sameeksha' of the private firm, Surjewala charged.
The firm also appointed hundreds of Booth Level Officers (BLO), which technically should be a government appointed persons, said Surjewala, adding that these BLOs were also given identity cards resembling as if they are government employees.
"We want to know who permitted a private entity to conduct the survey on behalf of the BBMP? Who recommended the government to give such contract to a private entity and why the antecedents of the contractor was not checked?" Surjewala said.
Fraud, Impersonation, Stealing Voter Data & Conspiracy of Bommai - BBMP exposed
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) November 17, 2022
40% Commission Sarkara & its officials, BBMP & Election Authority are partners in crime in trampling democracy
FIR must be immediately lodged against CM Bommai & all others named in Our Statement -: pic.twitter.com/JcHCaWzDDZ
Steal Voter Data,
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) November 17, 2022
Steal the Vote,
Steal an Election!
Theft, impersonation, fraud, misappropriation of property, concealment & misuse of stolen property, criminal breach of trust in electoral rolls exposed.
CM Basavaraj Bommai must resign.
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Kundapur: Youth dies after being struck by lightning
Kundapur: In a tragic incident, a youth died after being struck by lightning on Tuesday evening near Siddapur village of Kundapur taluk.
The deceased has been identified as Suresh Shetty (38), a resident of Siddapur village.
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The incident occurred amidst heavy rainfall that engulfed the district, particularly in Kundapur taluk.
