Bengaluru, July 15 -- Leader of Opposition (LoP) R Ashoka submitted a memorandum to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, urging him to intervene and stop the state government from issuing Permanent Resident Certificates (PRC), alleging it was an attempt to appease voters and facilitate illegal immigrants.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, after the meeting, Ashoka accused the Congress government of trying to grant PRCs to people who have lived in Karnataka for 10 years and "project them as permanent citizens of the state" to provide them ration cards, health cards, housing and other benefits.

"The Congress is hatching a plan to give PRCs to those who vote for them and make them settle here permanently," Ashoka alleged.

He said PFIs and KFD act...