Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar has alleged that legal teams of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) are making all attempts to ensure that nominations of the Congress candidates are disqualified ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections.
Shivakumar claimed that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai personally calls up officials. He urged the Election Commission to check the call register of the Chief Minister.
Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Shivakumar said, "BJP legal team and Chief Minister's Office are trying everything to make sure Congress candidates nominations' are disqualified. I request ECI to collect the call register of the Chief Minister. In Savadatti also, the same thing happened. CM himself called officials."
The Congress leader alleged that Bommai's office was a participant the malpractices and asked Returning officials to accept application of their party candidates.
Claiming that Congress candidates are being disqualified after "calls" from the CMO, Shivakumar alleged that the nominations of the BJP candidates, which "need to be rejected" are being put on hold, adding that attempts were made to disqualify his application also.
"You know how they acted in my case even after I filed nominations many times. They tried to disqualify my application also," the Karnataka Congress chief said.
Meanwhile Shivakumar today also said that many leaders are trying to join the Congress and several Kalyana Karnataka's leaders have already joined.
The Karnataka assembly elections will be held in a single phase on May 10, with the counting of votes is scheduled on May 13. (ANI)
