Bengaluru, July 4 -- Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Karnataka government, alleging widespread irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The JD(S) leader accused the state administration of "misusing" machinery to manipulate the voter list and called for the immediate scrapping of the current exercise.

Kumaraswamy alleged that the SIR exercise in various constituencies, including Yeshwanthpur and Ramanagara, was being conducted under direct political influence rather than following Election Commission of India (ECI) guidelines.

Kumaraswamy launched a scathing attack on KPCC President BK Hariprasad and Home Minister Priyank Kharge over their silence on ...