BJP Karnataka candidates Tejasvi Surya and K Sudhakar booked for electoral offences: EC
Bharatiya Janata Party candidates in Karnataka Tejasvi Surya and K Sudhakar have been booked in separate cases relating to alleged undue influence on voters, the Election Commission said on Friday.
While Surya is the Hindutva party’s candidate for the Bangalore South constituency, Sudhakar has been fielded from Chikkballapur.
A case has been registered against Surya for posting a video on social media platform X and soliciting votes on the grounds of religion, the poll panel said. The case under section 123(3) of the Indian Penal Code was registered on Thursday at the Jayanagar Police Station.
It was not immediately clear for which social media post Surya had been booked.
The Election Commission also said that its officials had
A case was filed against Sudhakar for bribery and undue influence on electors, Karnataka’s chief electoral officer said. The case was registered at the Madanayakahalli Police Station under sections of the 1951 Representation of the People Act and the Indian Penal Code.
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