The Congress in Karnataka scored a late‑evening victory on Thursday as the state chief electoral officer (CEO) agreed to initiate legal proceedings against those responsible for filing bulk Form-7 applications aimed at deleting eligible voters during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
The assurance came after Congress legislators led by Chief Minister D K Shivakumar held a demonstration at the CEO’s office. The Congress alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI) had failed to act on complaints of fraudulent Form-7 submissions in many constituencies of the state.
Form 7 is used for making “objection for proposed inclusion/deletion of name in existing roll”.
“Following our complaint, the CEO has sent a message to every electoral officer not to approve any Form-7 other than death and double entries. For death cases, uploading a death certificate is necessary. For double entries, details of the second EPIC number are compulsory and must be mentioned in the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) remarks,” Shivakumar said, reading out the CEO V Anbukumar’s endorsement.
Despite this assurance, Shivakumar said the protesters threatened not to leave the premises unless the ECI initiated action against the fraudulent submission of electoral rolls. “They have promised action against the applicants for false claims in Form-6, Form-6A and Form-7,” he said.
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