Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka on Friday knowledgeable {that a} case is booked towards BJP’s Bengaluru South candidate Tejasvi Surya “for posting a video in ‘X’ deal with and soliciting votes on the bottom of faith.” In keeping with a press release by the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka, the case towards Tejasvi Surya was registered underneath Part 123(3) of the legislation on the Jayanagar Police Station. The assertion learn, “Case is booked towards Tejasvi Surya MP and Candidate of Bengaluru South PC on 25.04.24 at Jayanagar PS u/s 123(3) for posting a video in X deal with and soliciting votes on the bottom of faith.”
Case is booked towards Tejasvi Surya MP and Candidate of Bengaluru South PC on 25.04.24 at Jayanagar PS u/s 123(3) for posting a video in X deal with and soliciting votes on the bottom of faith.
— Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka (@ceo_karnataka) April 26, 2024
The motion comes after Tejasvi Surya uploaded a video on a social media platform showcasing ‘Surya Tilak’ being carried out on the Ayodhya Ram Mandir whereas urging voters to help his occasion. He captioned the submit saying, “Our technology was blessed to witness the majestic Surya Tilak on Bhagwan Shri Ram at Ayodhya on Ram Navami. A wait for nearly 500 years & a want of crores of Bharatiyas was fulfilled by PM Shri @narendramodi Ji. For Bharatiyata to outlive, vote for BJP!”
Our technology was blessed to witness the majestic Surya Tilak on Bhagwan Shri Ram at Ayodhya on Ram Navami.
A wait for nearly 500 years & a want of crores of Bharatiyas was fulfilled by PM Shri @narendramodi Ji.
For Bharatiyata to outlive, vote for BJP!#DakshinakkeSurya pic.twitter.com/4B0ti6pT1B
— Tejasvi Surya (ಮೋದಿಯ ಪರಿವಾರ) (@Tejasvi_Surya) April 25, 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Tejasvi Surya Vs Sowmya Reddy in Bengaluru South
Tejasvi Surya, who presently serves as a Member of Parliament from Bengaluru South, is a outstanding determine within the ongoing Lok Sabha elections’ second section. He faces a formidable problem from Sowmyam Reddy of the Congress within the constituency.
Talking to information company PTI, Tejasvi Surya remarked, “We the BJP voters are 80 per cent however solely 20 per cent come out and vote. Congress’ voters are 20 per cent however they arrive out and vote 80 per cent. That is the bottom actuality on the polling cubicles typically. Each single vote of yours issues. Please come out and vote as a result of in case you are not voting, Congress’ 20 per cent is unquestionably voting.”
VIDEO | “We the BJP voters are 80 per cent however solely 20 per cent come out and vote. Congress’ voters are 20 per cent however they arrive out and vote 80 per cent. That is the bottom actuality on the polling cubicles typically. Each single vote of yours issues. Please come out and vote… pic.twitter.com/hZahcqhBmb
— Press Belief of India (@PTI_News) April 26, 2024
Traditionally, the BJP has maintained a stronghold within the Bengaluru South constituency, shedding it solely as soon as since 1977 when R Gundu Rao of the Congress secured victory within the 1989 elections.
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The Bengaluru South constituency is among the many 88 seats throughout 13 states which might be casting their votes within the second section of the nationwide polls right now. Notable constituencies on this section embody Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad seat and Thiruvananthapuram, the place Shashi Tharoor of the Congress is the incumbent MP.
In the meantime, voting in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul seat, initially scheduled for Friday, has been postponed to the third section following the demise of Bahujan Samaj Social gathering (BSP) candidate Ashok Balawi.