Seeking the transfer of senior officials in Ramanagaram district for allegedly colluding with Congress candidate in Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha constituency, former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday urged the Election Commission to deploy paramilitary forces to ensure a free and fair election in the constituency.
“The district officials are offering silent cooperation to Congress candidate D.K. Suresh. They should be immediately transferred. On Sunday night two truckloads of cookers were seized,” he said, releasing the videograph and photographs of the cooker seizures before the media.
Alleging that the election-related irregularities have gone beyond control in the constituency since the date of election was declared, he said, “The Election Commission promised to take action within 100 minutes of such incidents being reported. However, in this case 48 hours has lapsed and no action has been taken. What is Election Commission doing in Karnataka? What are the election officials doing? Don’t they know what’s happening in Bengaluru Rural constituency?” Every agency or senior official has been washing their hands off though they are being intimidated about the seizure by the JD(S) workers, he added.
