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SIR: BJP BLA Sought Form-7 Deletions, Verification Against 7,561 Names in Ballari; FIR Registered

The FIR is the sixth in Karnataka over alleged misuse of Form-7, and police booked the accused under a public mischief provision.

  • On Thursday, police registered an FIR against T. Srinivas Mothkur, Opposition leader of the Ballari City Corporation and BJP BLA-1, for allegedly attempting to delete 7,561 voters from the Ballari City Assembly electoral rolls.
  • Mothkur claimed electors were "absent or had shifted," but Ballari City Corporation election authorities rejected the applications, stating his claims "were not supported" by documentation.
  • Congress BLA Goutham S filed the police complaint after Mothkur repeatedly attempted to bypass rules limiting bulk Form-7 submissions to 10 applications per day to a single Booth Level Officer.
  • This case marks the sixth FIR registered in Karnataka regarding alleged Form-7 misuse, with three previous cases naming Bharatiya Janata Party members as the accused.
  • Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer V Anbu Kumar subsequently directed officials to investigate reports of non-genuine bulk applications, warning that legal action would be taken against anyone found filing them.
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