Deputy Chief Minister D.Ok. Shivakumar submitting a memorandum to State Election Commissioner G.S. Sangreshi in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
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A delegation of Congress leaders led by Deputy Chief Minister D.Ok. Shivakumar on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to State Election Commissioner G.S. Sangreshi, alleging severe lapses within the ongoing voter listing revision forward of the native physique elections and in search of quick corrective steps, together with preparation of a contemporary roll after correct mapping.
Addressing reporters after the assembly, Mr. Shivakumar mentioned that in view of the upcoming Larger Bengaluru Authority (GBA), zilla, taluk, and gram panchayat elections, the State Election Fee (SEC) had undertaken revision of the voters’ listing, however “there are various lapses within the revised listing”.
With out verification
He alleged that real voters had been deleted with out correct verification and that members of the identical household residing at a single handle had been allotted to totally different polling cubicles. “The mapping just isn’t being completed correctly. The voters’ listing have to be mapped accurately with residences and votes,” he mentioned.
The memorandum sought a complete audit of latest deletions within the affected constituencies and restoration of all eligible voters who had been wrongly eliminated after due verification. It additionally demanded that members of the identical family shouldn’t be arbitrarily distributed throughout totally different polling stations.
New voters’ listing
Mr. Shivakumar mentioned the celebration had urged the fee to arrange a brand new voters’ listing after correct mapping and to permit party-appointed booth-level brokers (BLAs) to accompany the fee’s BLOs throughout subject verification. “We’ve got appealed to revise the voters’ listing inside the authorized framework,” he mentioned.
The petition additionally known as for suspension of BLOs allegedly concerned in irregularities, together with splitting household votes throughout cubicles and eradicating names of minorities and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from the rolls.
Additional, the Congress sought a possibility for political events to overview and confirm the revised electoral rolls earlier than their last publication.
“In view of the upcoming native physique elections, the voters’ listing have to be corrected now itself. If one thing goes flawed, it would carry a foul title to the federal government and the State Election Fee. That’s the reason we’ve got raised this problem prematurely,” Mr. Shivakumar mentioned.
Confusion?
On whether or not a separate revision by the SEC would create confusion, he mentioned the fee had the authority to undertake the method. “The older model of the voters’ listing just isn’t appropriate, and therefore they should put together a brand new listing after mapping,” he mentioned.
The delegation included Ministers Ramalinga Reddy and Dinesh Gundu Rao, BAMUL Chairman D.Ok. Suresh, MLAs Rizwan Arshad and A.C. Srinivas, and MLCs Puttanna and Srinivas.
Revealed – February 17, 2026 08:57 pm IST
Deputy Chief Minister D.Ok. Shivakumar submitting a memorandum to State Election Commissioner G.S. Sangreshi in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
| Photograph Credit score: ANI
A delegation of Congress leaders led by Deputy Chief Minister D.Ok. Shivakumar on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to State Election Commissioner G.S. Sangreshi, alleging severe lapses within the ongoing voter listing revision forward of the native physique elections and in search of quick corrective steps, together with preparation of a contemporary roll after correct mapping.
Addressing reporters after the assembly, Mr. Shivakumar mentioned that in view of the upcoming Larger Bengaluru Authority (GBA), zilla, taluk, and gram panchayat elections, the State Election Fee (SEC) had undertaken revision of the voters’ listing, however “there are various lapses within the revised listing”.
With out verification
He alleged that real voters had been deleted with out correct verification and that members of the identical household residing at a single handle had been allotted to totally different polling cubicles. “The mapping just isn’t being completed correctly. The voters’ listing have to be mapped accurately with residences and votes,” he mentioned.
The memorandum sought a complete audit of latest deletions within the affected constituencies and restoration of all eligible voters who had been wrongly eliminated after due verification. It additionally demanded that members of the identical family shouldn’t be arbitrarily distributed throughout totally different polling stations.
New voters’ listing
Mr. Shivakumar mentioned the celebration had urged the fee to arrange a brand new voters’ listing after correct mapping and to permit party-appointed booth-level brokers (BLAs) to accompany the fee’s BLOs throughout subject verification. “We’ve got appealed to revise the voters’ listing inside the authorized framework,” he mentioned.
The petition additionally known as for suspension of BLOs allegedly concerned in irregularities, together with splitting household votes throughout cubicles and eradicating names of minorities and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from the rolls.
Additional, the Congress sought a possibility for political events to overview and confirm the revised electoral rolls earlier than their last publication.
“In view of the upcoming native physique elections, the voters’ listing have to be corrected now itself. If one thing goes flawed, it would carry a foul title to the federal government and the State Election Fee. That’s the reason we’ve got raised this problem prematurely,” Mr. Shivakumar mentioned.
Confusion?
On whether or not a separate revision by the SEC would create confusion, he mentioned the fee had the authority to undertake the method. “The older model of the voters’ listing just isn’t appropriate, and therefore they should put together a brand new listing after mapping,” he mentioned.
The delegation included Ministers Ramalinga Reddy and Dinesh Gundu Rao, BAMUL Chairman D.Ok. Suresh, MLAs Rizwan Arshad and A.C. Srinivas, and MLCs Puttanna and Srinivas.
Revealed – February 17, 2026 08:57 pm IST
