Karnataka: HC notices to 7 MLCs in Kalaburagi corporation row

KALABURAGI: The Kalaburagi bench of the high court issued notices to seven BJP MLCs who allegedly tried to add their names in the voters’ list in an alleged bid to capture power in the corporation.
Hearing the writ petition filed by Congress corporators Varsha Jane and Trupti Lakhe, the bench headed by Justice M I Arun told the government to submit its statement on the issue by November 29.
The petitioners claimed MLCs Laxman Savadi, Tulasi Munirajugowda, Bharati Shetty, Pratap Simha Nayak, Leher Singh, Raghunath Malkapure and Dr Talwar Sabanna had filed online applications to include their names in the list in Kalaburagi city, on October
23. “They have violated the guidelines for voters' addition. They also made the council secretary instruct the Kalaburagi DC to shift their nodal district to Kalaburagi,” they added.
Former Congress corporator Huligeppa Kanakagiri alleged the BJP MLCs created a rent agreement with their party workers to add their names to the voters’ list. “However, they have not deleted their names in the district, from where they were shifting to Kalaburagi. Legally, they may be right. But it shows that BJP can go to any extent to grab power...,” he said.