Voter Deletion Row: Karnataka Ministers Stage Dharna Outside Bengaluru EC Office

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Ministers in Karnataka staged an indefinite dharna outside the Chief Electoral Officer's office in Bengaluru, alleging a conspiracy to delete voter names on a large scale across 224 constituencies. The demonstration entered its fifth hour with leaders demanding the registration of a First Information Report before calling off the protest. Following the demonstration, the Election Commission ordered an inquiry, directing Electoral Registration Officers to take action as per law. Instructions were also issued specifying that Form 7 applications should strictly not be approved except in cases of death, requiring death certificates, or double entries verified with secondary Electoral Photo Identity Card details.

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00:00Latest development that is coming in political at that from the state of Karnataka.

00:05After Karnataka Chief Minister, D.K. Shivkumar, Minister Stage Dharna at EC office in Bengaluru,

00:13EC orders an inquiry, ERO shall take action as per law.

00:16The CM alleged that attempts have been made to delete voter names on a large scale

00:22in constituencies represented by ministers.

00:25D.K. Shivkumar, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, says a conspiracy was hatched by the BJP

00:31and the Janata Dal to delete 10,000 to 20,000 votes across 224 constituencies.

00:39That's the latest news break and I believe that Dharna right now is still continuing

00:43right outside the Chief Election Officer, the CFO's officer, CEO's officer at Karnataka, Bengaluru.

00:54The visuals you see on your television screen is D.K. Shivkumar, the Chief Minister,

00:59who's refusing to budge right outside the Chief Election Officer's office

01:04along with his other ministers, other Congress leaders,

01:08sitting on an indefinite dharna now reaching in the fifth hour,

01:12refusing to budge until and unless, until and unless, F.I.R. is registered in the case.

01:20Listen in.

01:25Don't approve any Forum 7 other than the death and double entry cases.

01:30For death cases, uploading of test certificate is compulsory.

01:35For double entry cases, second EPIC number is mandatory

01:40and also mention second EPIC number in ERO remarks.

01:45All Assembly conscience is, this is the instruction on today.

01:51All right, this all comes together because if you remember,

01:55not just the Congress at the back of its CWC as well as the all-party meet

01:59have decided now to launch a fierce campaign against the Election Commission of India,

02:05not just at the centre where Delhi is concerned,

02:09but also the Congress has now instructed all its chief ministers

02:12to take the battle and the protest to the doorstep of the election commissioner.

02:19And what you see on your television screen is exactly that.

02:23D.K. Shiv Kumar, the Chief Minister of Karnataka,

02:27right now sitting on an indefinite dharna right outside,

02:31the Chief Election Officer of Karnataka,

02:33who has promised action,

02:35but it seems that D.K. Shiv Kumar has dug in his heels.

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