CM DK Shivakumar is anxious that his dream for 2028 will be shattered: Basavaraj Bommai

Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai stated that the Election Commission has clearly clarified that no FIR can be registered in connection with the SIR (Special Information/Revision) process without a complaint from the Election Commission, and the Commission has stated that it has not lodged a complaint anywhere. Therefore, the state government filing FIRs is illegal.

Following the unnecessary filing of FIRs against BJP and JDS workers in connection with the SIR process, NDA leaders met the State Chief Electoral Officer and later spoke to the media outside the office of the Central Election Commission.

Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar came before the Election Commission, created a ruckus, put pressure on the Commission, and acted unlawfully. The Election Commission has made it clear that no FIR can be registered without a complaint from the Election Commission itself. The Election Commission must file the complaint. However, cases are being registered daily based on complaints by private individuals. The Commission has explicitly stated that private individuals are not permitted to file such FIRs, noting, "We have not given a complaint anywhere through an ARO or BLO, and we are unconcerned with complaints given by others." Consequently, the FIRs filed by the state government are illegal, he said.

Whether it is Form 7 or Form 6, we have asked the Election Commission to issue instructions that the police should not register any complaints regarding the SIR process. The State Chief Electoral Officer stated that he has written a letter to the Central Election Commission seeking information, he added.

Last year, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi alleged discrepancies regarding name additions in the voter list. Now, illegal voter names are being deleted, and he is saying, "Do not delete them." This is his absurd argument. He is worried that fake votes will be deleted. He practices politics in the name of religion and caste in everything. The Election Commission itself has issued notices to 4.3 million (43 lakh) people. CM D.K. Shivakumar is afraid. Anxious that the purification of the voter list will shatter his 2028 dream, he is putting pressure on the Commission, Bommai said.

Responding to a question regarding the submission of Form 7 applications in groups, he said that EPIC numbers are available on the website, as stated by the Election Commission itself. The Commission receives complaints, verifies them, and then takes action. Even the court has stated that no immediate action needs to be taken just because a Form 7 complaint is submitted, he noted.

Union Ministers H.D. Kumaraswamy and Shobha Karandlaje, Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok, Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, and other BJP and JDS leaders were present on the occasion.

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