Bengaluru, Oct. 4 -- Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge on Saturday launched a blistering attack on the BJP and the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, questioning the alleged distribution of hundreds of pre-printed forms and demanding answers on the integrity of the exercise.
Taking direct aim at the BJP, Kharge said the rules did not permit 400 to 500 forms to be handed over to anyone who was not a Booth Level Agent (BLA). Even BLAs, he said, could not be given pre-printed forms.
"If they are not BLAs, they cannot be given 400 to 500 forms. Even if they are BLAs, pre-printed forms cannot be given. Then where did more than 400 forms come from?" he asked.
The Minister said the question wa...