A new turn has come to light in the ongoing controversy over alleged rigging in the voter list of Karnataka. The Karnataka State Election Commission gave a formal reply to the letter of H. Nagesh, who was a Congress candidate from Mahadevpura Assembly of the state on Sunday (August 3, 2025). Nagesh lost the election from this assembly constituency in 2023.
In response to Nagesh’s letter, the State Election Commission said, “We have no record of submission of any documents from H. Nagesh regarding fake voters in the voter list of Mahadevpura constituency in April 2023.”
H. Nagesh forgot H. Nagesh by keeping the original copy of the document
In his letter written on 31 July, Nagesh sought a copy of a document submitted from the Election Commission last year, which had a list of alleged fake voters in 174-Mahadevpura assembly constituency. He also said that his team has forgotten by keeping the original copy of the list of fake voters in the voter list.
Election Commission responded to Congress leader’s claim
However, the Election Commission replied, saying, “There is no such document in its record and H. Nagesh had not filed any petition or appeal to challenge the voter list of 2023 under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and 1951.”
The letter issued by the Election Commission said, “The Commission has no record of any letter related to the voter list during April 2023.” On behalf of the State Election Commission, Congress candidate H. Nagesh was given Joint Chief Electoral Officer Yogeshwar S.K. Has released In the letter released, he clarified that the voter list is publicly available online and all the candidates are given a copy at the time of elections.
Rahul Gandhi is also constantly accusing the Election Commission
It is interesting that Rahul Gandhi is also continuously raising the same issue and accusing the Election Commission that the Commission did not take any action despite the concrete evidence of fraud in the election.
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It is noteworthy that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Bengaluru on Tuesday (August 5, 2025), where he will lead a major protest against the Election Commission and BJP at Freedom Park.
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