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Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, accompanied by state cabinet ministers including Priyank Kharge, staged a dharna outside the Election Commission office. The demonstration followed allegations that Form 7 was misused to seek the deletion of voters in the state as part of an alleged criminal conspiracy. Shivakumar demanded an inquiry and the registration of a criminal conspiracy case against those involved. State election authorities assured that necessary action would be initiated after seeking appropriate legal opinion.

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00:01Look at those visuals coming in on your screen.
00:04Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shiv Kumar is sitting on a dharna
00:07outside the election commission office.
00:10Let's go across to these visuals coming in.
00:12That's the big breaking news that's happening.
00:14Remember Karnataka CM is leading this charge as the Congress party is.
00:19They have been stating that the CEC is misusing his position in power.
00:26And therefore, it's now the Karnataka Chief Minister no less
00:29sitting right outside the election commission's office.
00:36Alright, we are looking at visuals of other officials as come also.
00:41That's you can say Priyank Kharki and more.
00:43I want to bring in Sagai Raj for the latest on that.
00:46Sagai, tell me more.
00:47This is not Rahul Gandhi or the Congress party strategy.
00:51They have been of course going after the election commission,
00:53but the Chief Minister of the State sitting outside the EC office.
00:59Absolutely.
01:00Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shiv Kumar,
01:02who just stepped out of the election commission's office,
01:04is addressing the media.
01:06He earlier said that he will not leave the election commission's office
01:09until unless the election commissioner of Karnataka orders an enquiry
01:14in the alleged criminal conspiracy as he claims that the BJP and RSS workers
01:21have obtained form 7, which allows the deletion of the authors.
01:27And now D.K. Shukumar, along with his cabinet ministers who had met election commissioner Anbu Kumar,
01:34has demanded there should be a criminal conspiracy case registered against all those people.
01:38In fact, there are also multiple FIRs which have been registered across multiple districts claiming that there were power
01:46which was been misused by BLOs and BLAs.
01:48And in fact, even few BLAs and BLOs names were also deleted through SIR.
01:53And that is the reason now the Karnataka Chief Minister along with this cabinet ministers
01:58had reached out the election commission's office.
02:02They reached here around 3.30 and it is around 5 o'clock.
02:06They were sitting inside the election commission stating that
02:08until unless they don't order an enquiry, they will not leave from the place.
02:13And what we also get to learn through our sources is that Anbu Kumar,
02:16the Chief Election Commissioner of Karnataka, has also assured them they will take necessary action,
02:21but they have to take legal opinion before they order for any kind of...
02:25Sir, I keep tracking the latest on that.
02:27Till when will the Chief Minister of Karnataka keep sitting on a dharan outside the election commission office
02:32and will others also join in on that in Congress governs states or opposition governs states?
02:37We'll be tracking more on that.

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