Karnataka Minister HD Revanna has been accused of allegedly letting in a group of people inside the booth, after polling had concluded, who then cast proxy votes.
The Election Commission is conducting a probe into allegations of election malpractice against Karnataka PWD Minister HD Revanna. The probe has been ordered after BJP polling agents Mayanna and Raju filed a complaint with Hassan Deputy Commissioner alleging that Minister Revanna allowed proxy voting in Holesnarasipura. Regional Commissioner TK Anil Kumar is heading the probe panel. This comes three weeks after DC Priyanka Mary Francis suspended three polling officials. According to the complaint filed on April 18, after voting at the polling station in Paduvalahippe in Holenarasipura, Minister Revanna allegedly let in a group of people inside the booth who then cast proxy votes. The complainant has alleged that one of the proxy voters was his friend had voted in booth number 244 before coming to the one in Paduvalahippe at Minister Revanna’s request. A day after the complaint was filed, DC Priyanka had suspended polling officers V Yogeesh, a faculty member at LV Polytechnic College in Hassan, who worked as the presiding officer, PC Ramachandra and Ganesh, teachers, who worked as poll officials at the booth. Paduvalahippe was identified as one of the sensitive and high-profile booths in Hassan as Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda and his family members vote there. The BJP polling agents alleged that Revanna had stayed in the booth for a while even after casting his vote to ensure that the proxy voting could be carried out. Meanwhile, a sector officer has filed a complaint against a BJP leader for allegedly filing a false complaint. Mayanna has been accused of misleading election officials due to his rivalry with Minister Revanna. Apart from the complaint filed regarding proxy voting in Paduvalahippe, Mayanna had filed another complaint with the EC that similar proxy voting took place in two polling booths 277 and 200. The sector officer, who conducted the probe, found that no such incident had taken place in booths 277 and 200. He then filed a complaint against Mayanna under section IPC Sections 177 (Furnishing false information) and 171(g) (False statement in connection with an election).
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