Hubballi, July 3 -- Union Minister Pralhad Joshi has accused officials of violating Election Commission norms during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka, alleging that the verification exercise in Hubballi-Dharwad was not being conducted according to prescribed procedures.

Addressing the issue through a post on social media, Joshi claimed that another case of alleged irregularities had emerged in Hubballi-Dharwad East Assembly constituency following similar accusations from Ramanagara and Shiggaon-Savanur. He shared videos which he claimed showed Enumeration Forms being processed collectively rather than through house-to-house verification.

According to the Union Minister, the alleged incident oc...