Chelameswar

Ever since, some of the judges, including Chelameswar, have expressed concern over the state of affairs in judiciary in particular and the country at large, indicating that the differences persist. Wednesday. Both the Congress and the BJP said Nanjamuri and Rakesh belonged to the other party. “Congress is losing public support and they are trying hard to rig the upcoming elections in Karnataka by undemocratic ways. So, we demand countermanding of polls in Raj Rajeshwari Nagar constituency,” said Union minister Prakash Javadekar shortly after midnight on Tuesday.

By Wednesday morning, BJP president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi made similar attacks at their arch-rival, which is in power in Karnataka. Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala refuted the allegation and said the opposition party staged the episode to divert attention.

“Apartment No 115 from where the ID cards were recovered belonged to a BJP corporator, Nanjamuri. The BJP leadership is lying and trying to disassociate itself from its excorporator Manjula,” he said.

Police officials did not confirm if Rakesh was the tenant. Nanjamuri told news agency ANI that she rented the flat out to two other individuals whom she identified as Rangaraju and Rekha. Her son, however, said Rakesh was a relative.

Congress leader Anand Sharma, who met election commission officials in New Delhi on Wednesday, said the discovery of the voter cards was staged by BJP since the flat had not been raided by the poll watchdog.

Members of the BJP, including Union ministers Smriti Irani, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, JP Nadda, Dharmendra Pradhan and SS Ahluwalia also met the election commission on Wednesday. In Bengaluru, CEO Kumar reiterated that none of the voter cards seized were fake and there had been no breach in the election commission’s systems.