Case Against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya For Seeking Votes On Religious Grounds

Bengaluru:

A case has been filed towards BJP’s Bengaluru South candidate and MP Tejasvi Surya for looking for votes on spiritual grounds.

The Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer in an announcement posted on the microblogging web site X mentioned Mr Surya had posted a video on social media “soliciting votes on the bottom of faith”.

The case has been filed with Jayanagar police station in Bengaluru.

After voting, Mr Surya informed reporters the Congress get together might not win greater than 30 seats within the Lok Sabha polls.

“Congress get together has grow to be completely annoyed. Survey after survey reveals that it might not win greater than 30 seats… The extra private assaults and baseless allegations they make towards the PM (Narendra Modi), historical past has proven that the Prime Minister has solely bought stronger and the BJP has solely bought extra in style,” Mr Surya informed information company ANI.

The Congress has fielded Sowmya Reddy within the Bengaluru South constituency.

Mr Surya mentioned extra senior residents are voting this yr and urged younger individuals to come back out and vote in massive numbers.

“In the present day is a celebration day in Karnataka. It’s a competition of democracy. Thousands and thousands of individuals will exit and vote… This isn’t only a proper, but additionally an obligation, as a result of if we do not vote, we aren’t registering our voice, and contributing meaningfully to a democracy,” he informed ANI.

Karnataka voting on 14 seats in the present day within the second section of the Lok Sabha elections. This section had 88 Lok Sabha constituencies throughout 13 states and Union Territories.

Based on the Election Fee, over 15.88 crore individuals forged their votes within the second section.