Tejasvi Surya Booked For Seeking Votes On Religious Grounds

BY A STAFF REPORTER: Amid the Lok Sabha elections, BJP leader and South Bengaluru candidate Tejasvi Surya on Friday has been booked for breaching the Model Code of Conduct by soliciting votes on religious grounds.

Taking it to his X handle, the Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka posted "Case is booked against 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 handle and soliciting votes on the ground of religion." The case has been filed in the Jayanagar Police Station. 

The second phase of Lok Sabha elections were held in 88 constituencies across 13 states on April 26, Friday. In Karnataka, elections were held in Udupi-Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumakuru, Mandya, Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru North, Bengaluru Central, Bengaluru South, Chickballapur, and Kolar.