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Karnataka CM and cabinet stage sit-in at state election office

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Oct 1, 2026

Is it still on?

NOIt was a one-day action on Oct 1.

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The Tea in three lines

Why they are protesting
The CM alleges BJP agents filed fraudulent Form 7 applications to delete eligible voters during the roll revision.
What they want
FIRs over the allegedly fraudulent Form 7 deletion requests and a pause of the SIR.
What changed
Oct 2–3: BJP leaders asked police to file FIRs against the CM and ministers, saying the sit-in broke protest rules.
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What protesters want

  • FIRs over allegedly fraudulent Form 7 deletion applications
  • Pause the Special Intensive Revision
  • Removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar (Congress demand)

Organised by: Indian National Congress, Karnataka government ministers

What authorities say

No response from the Election Commission is reported in these sources. BJP leaders asked police to register FIRs against the CM and ministers for protesting outside the designated venue.24

The full story

Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, cabinet ministers and Congress MLAs staged a sit-in at the office of the state's Chief Electoral Officer in Bengaluru on October 1, postponing a cabinet meeting to do so. They demanded FIRs over what they called fraudulent Form 7 applications seeking the deletion of voters during the Special Intensive Revision; the CM alleged attempts to remove about 10,000 voters in each constituency. The BJP objected: a delegation led by Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka asked the Bengaluru police commissioner to register FIRs against the CM and ministers, arguing that a High Court order makes Freedom Park the only designated protest venue. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said the CM should focus on drought and farmers and questioned whether permission had been taken.

Timeline

  1. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi questioned whether the protest had permission.35

  2. A BJP delegation asked the police commissioner to file FIRs against the CM and ministers.24

  3. The CM, ministers and MLAs held a sit-in at the Chief Electoral Officer's office in Bengaluru.1

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