Will ensure no eligible voter loses right to vote, says M.B. Patil
Karnataka Minister M.B. Patil has alleged that the BJP is attempting to disenfranchise voters in the Babaleshwar constituency through mass objections. He has called for an impartial inquiry into the submission of over 1,500 voter deletion applications.
Why it matters
The allegations highlight ongoing tensions regarding electoral integrity and the potential for political manipulation of voter rolls.
“We will ensure that not a single eligible voter loses his right to vote in Vijayapura district,” Minister M.B. Patil said in Vijayapura on Sunday (September 27).
“I am visiting Babaleshwar Assembly constituency, which has reported bulk objections against inclusion of voters by third persons. If we find that these are false and baseless or filed with wrong intentions, we will initiate legal action against the objectors,” he told reporters.
“We are seeing that across several States, the names of eligible voters are being illegally dropped under the guise of the SIR process. Now, a similar serious incident has come to light in my own constituency of Babaleshwar.
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