Priyank Kharge Defends Cases Against BJP Leaders For Filing Fake Form 7

Strongly defending cases registered against Form 7 applicants who allegedly made false claims seeking deletion of voters during the ongoing SIR of the electoral roll, Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday said that submitting such misinformation or false forms is a "criminal offence".

He also said that this offence attracts imprisonment of one year and a



fine. 

Alleging that BJP leaders and workers were submitting such false Form 7 applications, he claimed that it is nothing but a "centralised criminal conspiracy" against certain sections of society, and raised questions about the involvement of Election Commission officials in this.

Form-7 is a voter application form for objection to the proposed inclusion/ deletion of name in the existing electoral roll.