ECI is part of the ‘electoral list fraud’, say Siddaramaiah and DKS

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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar astatine  a property   league  successful  Bengaluru Novmber 8.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar astatine a property league successful Bengaluru Novmber 8. | Photo Credit: PTI

Alleging that the Election Commission of India (ECI) was portion of the “electoral database fraud”, the Congress has announced that 1.12 crore signatures had been collected from the State arsenic portion of the signature run against “vote theft” launched by the All India Congress Committee.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar held a associated property league astatine the enactment bureau and alleged that the Central government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had destroyed each law institutions, including the ECI and probe agencies. All institutions had been functioning arsenic per the directions of the BJP authorities astatine the Centre, they charged.

Both leaders explained the methodology utilized for ballot rigging successful the State and alleged that the BJP had a proven grounds “not lone successful telling lies but besides successful ballot rigging.”

“We volition not tolerate this. We volition instrumentality the way of conflict to support the values ​​of ideology and the Constitution,” the Chief Minister said.

‘Rahul has exposed it’

They alleged that the BJP had travel to powerfulness successful galore States and the Lok Sabha done ballot rigging. Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi had convinced the radical of the state astir ballot rigging that had taken spot successful Haryana with documents aft investigation, some the leaders said.

Mr Gandhi had besides intelligibly exposed the ballot rigging that took spot successful the Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha seat, on with documents, the Congress leaders said.

Mr. Shivakumar said, “We person collected signatures from the districts successful the State. The run went disconnected precise well, and we person collected 1.12 crore signatures.”

The KPCC had decided to instrumentality the signatures to Delhi connected November 10. The enactment had planned a monolithic rally astatine Ram Lila Maidan determination connected November 25, helium said.

The Congress authorities had decided to clasp elections to section bodies done ballot papers, Mr. Shivakumar added.

Aland case

“There were attempts to region 6,000 votes from the Aland Assembly constituency. Attempts were made to region the voters from the database utilizing mobile telephone numbers from different States. A Special Investigation Team probe was going on,” helium said.

Asked wherefore the enactment had not moved tribunal oregon submitted an affidavit to the ECI, helium said, “We are seeking supplementary documents from the canvass sheet but they are not giving. Let them supply the documents and past we volition taxable an affidavit.”

“It is our work to make consciousness astir ballot theft. We are appointing booth level agents for each booths to forestall ballot theft,” the KPCC main said.

Asked if helium would analyse predetermination fraud successful the Mahadevapura constituency, helium said, “The authorities does not person to analyse this. The ECI is successful complaint of the full process. We person provided evidence.”

Published - November 08, 2025 06:25 p.m. IST

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