Ashok Kumar Rai asks officials to halt mapping of electors

Puttur MLA Ashok Kumar Rai connected Saturday (January 3, 2026) asked officials connected with the electoral rotation preparation, to halt the mapping of electors till the Election Commission issues orders for peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls for Karnataka.

Speaking astatine a grooming store for Congress party’s booth level agents (BLAs) astatine Vitla successful his constituency, helium wondered however the Commission could commence the mapping process successful the lack of the ceremonial declaration of SIR successful the state. There person been galore complaints from the electors astir the mapping process, helium told an authoritative progressive successful the mapping process implicit telephone.

Congress BLAs who participated successful the store told the MLA that the booth level officials were not providing due accusation to the electors and person been conducting mapping astatine their whim. It appears that adjacent BLOs did not acquisition immoderate grooming astir mapping oregon were not decently briefed astir the process by the Commission. They were taking signatures of electors connected blanks papers, the BLAs told the MLA.

Mr. Rai, who called the authoritative concerned, asked him to halt the process for the clip being. The contented needs to beryllium discussed successful a gathering to beryllium attended by the Puttur Assistant Commissioner and different officials progressive successful the SIR process. People should beryllium fixed capable accusation astir the SIR process; mapping could beryllium taken up lone thereafter, helium said.

Speaking astatine a akin store organised by Puttur Block Congress Committee successful Puttur connected Saturday (January 3), Mr. Rai voiced nationalist apprehension astir imaginable deletion of electors, who person gone overseas for enactment oregon who person been residing extracurricular the constituency, from the rolls. He asked the BLAs to amended electors astir verifying the rolls and ensuring that their names proceed to beryllium contiguous successful the rolls. Block Congress President Krishnaprasad Alva was present.