Congress condemns BJP’s ‘backdoor entry’ efforts to capture power in Kalaburagi
The Hindu
Criticising the BJP’s attempts to capture power in the Kalaburagi Mahanagara Palike by hook or by crook, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) spokesperson Sharan Prakash Patil said that the rul
Criticising the BJP’s attempts to capture power in the Kalaburagi Mahanagara Palike by hook or by crook, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) spokesperson Sharan Prakash Patil said that the ruling party was trying to include a few MLCs in the list of voters to get a simple majority.
According to Mr. Patil, seven MLCs – Laxman Savadi, Bharati Shetty, Saibanna Talwar, Lehar Singh, Pratap Naik, Raghunath Malkapure, and Muniratna – have been included in the voters’ list of Kalaburagi city. Though these MLCs were not residents of Kalaburagi city, they had applied online to include their names in the voters’ list by showing that they were residents of the city when the elections for the civic body were conducted in September.
“The houses of BJP activists in the city are being shown as residences of the MLCs taken on rent. After getting clear indications that the Congress-JD(S) coalition would capture power in the corporation, the BJP has unscrupulously resorted to unethical means to capture the power in the civic body. Its bid for a backdoor entry is not just unethical but illegal as well. We, the Congress, cannot sit and watch the murder of democracy and we have already lodged a complaint with the Election Officer and we will also move court if the need arises,” Mr. Patil said at a press conference in the local party office here on Saturday.