Congress stalling SIR to protect bogus voters, says Basavaraj Bommai

Congress leaders are trying to stall the Election Commission (EC) of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, only because they want to protect bogus voters, Basavaraj Bommai, MP and BJP leader, said in Haveri on Sunday.

“For several decades, Congress candidates have won elections by ensuring bogus voters cast their votes. There have been instances of a single person voting in two places, using the names of deceased individuals to exercise their franchise or impersonating shifted voters. But now, they are facing trouble as the ECI is trying to clean up the electoral rolls using the SIR. That is why Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar staged a drama outside the office of the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer. All this is aimed at protecting its fake votes,” he told reporters.