Fake voter ID scam: ‘Rakesh has no connection with the flat’, says BJP leader’s son

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BENGALURU: Amidst the row over recovery of fake voter IDs from a flat in Raj Rajeshwari Nagar constituency of Karanataka, BJP leader and owner of the flat Manjula Nanjamari’s son rebuffed allegations that he was the tenant of the flat.

Sridhar Nanjamari on Wednesday rebuffed such allegations and told ANI, “I am the only son of Manjula Nanjamari. Rakesh is my mother’s nephew’s son and Rakesh has got no connections with the flat in Park View apartment, as is what claimed in media,” Sridhar said, and added that the flat has been rented to Rangaraju who pays rent for it every month.

While BJP leader and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar accused the Congress of attempting to rig the elections, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala hit out at the Javadekar and said that he had the “audacity to lie by saying Manjula Nanjamari and her son Rakesh don’t belong to the BJP.”

He alleged that Nanjamuri rented her own flat to his son Rakesh, who contested corporation election on a BJP ticket in 2015.

Earlier, Javadekar said that Nanjamuri has nothing to do with the BJP and she left the party six years ago.

“Manjula is a Congressperson now. They just want to blame BJP without any substance. We have proof of various things, which we will present before the EC,” said Javadekar.

On Wednesday, the Election Commission officials seized printers from the flat. For the unversed, 9,746 voter ID cards were found from a flat in SLV Park View Apartment in Bengaluru’s Jalahalli locality, and the Election Commission’s revelation of the same at midnight was followed by political sparring, as both BJP and Congress alleged the other’s links with the concerned flat.

The BJP also demanded cancelling the polling in Raj Rajeshwari Nagar constituency where assembly elections are due on May 12 along with the rest of the state.

ANI