Belagavi, Oct. 2 -- BJP leaders in Belagavi on Friday denied allegations of violating electoral rules by filing bulk objections during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying they had sought scrutiny, not deletion, of voters and alleging that Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas had been illegally included in the electoral rolls at the instance of local Congress leaders.
Belagavi South MLA and BJP leader Abhay Patil said the party had not targeted any particular community and that its booth-level agents had flagged voters suspected to be dead, shifted, absent, duplicate or otherwise ineligible.
"We believe that we have not violated any rule. However, if during scrutiny of our applications, officials conclude...