Congress leader and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar Monday alleged the Election Commission has not done justice to the Bihar electorate as it has deleted a large number of poor voters and those seeking jobs outside the state from the electoral rolls.
He claimed the EC was conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls after admitting that “something wrong” was committed by “misusing its office”.
Shivakumar was here to present the 1.12 crore signatures collected from across Karnataka as part of the Congress’ “Vote chor, gaddi chhod” campaign.
“The Election Commission has not given justice to Bihar voters,” he claimed, alleging that the votes of the poor and those migrating outside Bihar in search of jobs were deleted on a large scale during the SIR exercise.
Shivakumar, however, did not answer any queries on whether he raised the issue of the change of chief ministership in Karnataka with the party high command. “I am not here to speak on politics.​Congress leader and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar Monday alleged the Election Commission has not done justice to the Bihar electorate as it has deleted a large number of poor voters and those seeking jobs outside the state from the electoral rolls.
He claimed the EC was conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls after admitting that “something wrong” was committed by “misusing its office”.
Shivakumar was here to present the 1.12 crore signatures collected from across Karnataka as part of the Congress’ “Vote chor, gaddi chhod” campaign.
“The Election Commission has not given justice to Bihar voters,” he claimed, alleging that the votes of the poor and those migrating outside Bihar in search of jobs were deleted on a large scale during the SIR exercise.
Shivakumar, however, did not answer any queries on whether he raised the issue of the change of chief ministership in Karnataka with the party high command. “I am not here to speak on politics. ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
