New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that an organised attempt was under way in Karnataka's Belagavi to remove around 15,000 names from the electoral rolls through a large-scale filing of Form 7 applications, and demanded an FIR and action against those responsible.
In a post on X, Gandhi said a "flood" of Form 7 applications had been submitted over three days - September 22, 23 and 24 - with the alleged objective of getting nearly 15,000 voters deleted from the rolls. He claimed that Muslims, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes were particularly being targeted, alleging that a large section of these communities traditionally votes agai...