Bengaluru, Oct. 1 -- Launching a fierce attack over the alleged mass deletion of legitimate voters, Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, accompanied by six cabinet ministers, met Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) V Anbukkumar on Thursday, demanding the immediate registration of an FIR and a time-bound criminal investigation into the alleged bulk submission of fraudulent Form 7 objections during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.

Shivakumar was accompanied by ministers Lakshman Savadi, Madhu Bangarappa, Shivalinge gowda, Priyank Kharge.

Addressing the media following the high-level meeting, Shivakumar termed the exercise a brazen act of "vote chori" (vote theft) orchestrated by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP...