Karnataka Law Department will probe into Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of ‘vote theft’: CM Siddaramaiah | Bangalore News
After Leader of Opposition in Lok Saha Rahul Gandhi urged the Karnataka government to investigate the alleged ‘vote theft’ that took place at the Mahadevapura Assembly segment of Bangalore Central constituency during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Saturday that the Law Department will investigate the issue.
“We have asked the Law Department to look into it. Based on their recommendations, we will initiate legal action,” Siddaramaiah told reporters.
Responding to media queries, he said the government has asked the legal adviser to the CM and the advocate general to investigate it and submit a report. The development came days after Gandhi raised a storm and said that it had ‘100 per cent’ evidence of tampering during the Lok Sabha elections. In a briefing held in Delhi last week, he alleged that around one lakh votes were “stolen” at the Mahadevapura segment, thereby denying a victory to the Congress candidate.
Subsequently, at the ‘Vote Adhikar Rally’ held in Bengaluru on Friday, he urged the state government to initiate a probe into the irregularities. Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of stifling public scrutiny, claiming that its website went offline after he released data that he believes raises serious questions about the integrity of the electoral process. “When the public started asking the Election Commission difficult questions based on the data I shared, they shut down their website,” he alleged.
The chief minister said the Congress was expecting to win 16 of the 28 seats in Karnataka, but won only nine after the results were announced. He said that all relevant documents regarding the Lok Sabha polls were with the Election Commission of India and the Karnataka State Election Commission.
Noting that Gandhi’s expose had shown that 80 voters were registered from the same address, he asked whether it was possible for that many people to share a small room.