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Karnataka Local Body Elections: Political has been heated to conduct local election ballot papers in Karnataka. The state government has decided to conduct all panchayats and urban local body elections in future with ballots.
Karnataka Local Body Elections : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (Siddaramaiah) On Friday, while defending his decision to withdraw the use of ballots in the local body elections, he said that it has been taken on the basis of experience. The Congress government of Karnataka on Thursday decided to recommend the State Election Commission (SEC) to hold all the panchayat and urban local body elections in the state with ballots instead of EVM. Talking to the media on Friday, Siddaramaiah said that our aim is to use ballots. Also, based on our experience, we have decided that ballot papers should be used. There are examples where many countries have started using ballot papers from EVM.
EVM lack of credibility
At the same time, while giving information about the decision of the cabinet, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil has cited the lack of trust and credibility towards EVM as the reason for this decision. Citing allegations of discrepancies and vote theft in the voters list, the cabinet has also decided to revise the voter list for the local body elections and to re -prepare to prepare if needed. Targeting the Congress government of Karnataka, the opposition BJP on Friday claimed that the state cabinet’s decision to use ballots instead of EVM in the next local body elections is self-attested that the ruling party has come to power through vote theft.
Why did BJP so worried or frightened?
BJP state president BI Vijayendra seeking resignation of 136 Congress MLAs elected in assembly elections 2023 (Bi vijayendra) Said that let them win elections again with ballot paper or accept that they have come to power by stealing votes. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivkumar (DK Shivakumar) Reversing, he questioned why the BJP is worried or frightened? Talking to reporters, he said that this is the decision of the Karnataka government and why is the BJP so worried about it? The government can conduct local body elections and the law made during the BJP’s tenure provides that ballot paper or EVM can be done. Our government has decided to use ballot paper in local body elections.
We investigated the parliamentary election
The Deputy Chief Minister said that whatever happened during the parliamentary elections, we had investigated and I do not want to discuss it right now. Referring to the decision of the state government to hold the decision to hold the ballot paper elections, he said that the Central Election Commission will take a decision for the assembly and parliamentary elections.
