BENGALURU, Oct. 10 -- Karnataka has received 110,654 applications seeking objections to proposed entries or deletions of names as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls proceeds, with the Election Commission setting October 22 as the deadline to dispose of claims and objections and October 27 for publication of the final roll.

The figures, released by the office of Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukkumar on Friday, come amid a political dispute over allegations that bulk Form 7 applications have been used to target voters and police cases against BJP workers who submitted them. BJP state president BY Vijayendra accused the Congress government of using the controversy to intimidate his party's workers, while defending the re...