Stop filing FIRs against BJP leaders; review those filed over Form 7 applications, former CM B.S. Yediyurappa urges Karnataka DG&IGP
A BJP delegation in Karnataka has urged the police to stop filing FIRs against party workers for submitting Form 7 applications, which are used to object to electoral roll entries. The party claims the police are acting under political pressure and that filing these forms is a legitimate statutory right.
Why it matters
This highlights tensions regarding electoral integrity and the potential weaponization of legal processes against political opposition.
A BJP delegation led by former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa, State unit president B.Y. Vijayendra, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashok and Leader of Opposition in the Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy met the Director General and Inspector General of Police on October 3, urging him to ensure that FIRs registered in connection with Form 7 applications during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls be dealt with strictly according to the law.
In a memorandum, the delegation alleged that criminal cases were being registered against BJP workers and political activists for submitting Form 7 objections, and that the police machinery was being subjected to political pressure.
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