Mysuru, July 9 -- Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Spokesperson M. Lakshmana has alleged that the Central Government is attempting to delete one crore voters in Karnataka under the guise of SIR of electoral rolls.

Addressing mediapersons at Congress Bhavan on Monday, he claimed that Karnataka has around 5.6 crore voters, of whom 50 lakh had already been left out during SIR mapping exercise.

"The Centre is now plotting to delete another 60 lakh voters during revision process," he alleged.

Refuting the BJP's allegations against the State Government, he accused the saffron party of trying to manipulate the electoral rolls through SIR exercise.

He alleged that the BJP had deleted around 6.5 crore voters in 13 States and subsequen...