Bengaluru, Oct. 16 -- The INDIA bloc parties in Karnataka have decided to launch a coordinated statewide campaign under the slogan 'Save Votes, Save the Country', opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

The decision was taken at a state-level meeting held at the Legislators' Home in Bengaluru on Friday under the leadership of KPCC president BK Hariprasad. The meeting discussed concerns over the deletion of eligible voters' names and the functioning of the Election Commission.

Hariprasad said voting was the foundation of democracy and that the exclusion of genuine voters from electoral rolls could not be accepted under any circumstances. ...