Strict action against party leaders who do not actively oversee the signature campaign against vote theft: DCM

AICC General Secretary has directed removal of those who have not done their job

Bengaluru Express
New Delhi, Nov 7: Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC President DK Shivakumar today warned of stringent action against those party leaders who have not managed well the signature campaign against vote theft.

Speaking to reporters here, he said, “We have already collected lakhs of signatures against vote theft. We will bring it to New Delhi on November 9. I will have a word with block presidents and take stringent action against those who have not actively managed the signature campaign. AICC General Secretary has clearly given instruction to remove from party positions all those who have not managed their responsibilities in the signature campaign.”

“I will discuss this with the CM also. Vote theft is a serious national issue. We have already collected 70-80 lakh signatures in the state. Some of the block leaders and MLAs have not taken this seriously. We will take strict action against them. We will prepare a report and I have the power to dismiss block presidents. AICC leaders will give directions in this regard,” he said.

When asked about Election Commission of India not taking incidents of vote theft from Karnataka, Maharashtra and Haryana seriously, he said, “People are Gods in a democracy. We are making them aware of vote theft. The people will decide at an appropriate time. We all know what happened in Bengaluru South constituency. Rahul Gandhi is placing this before the people with evidence.”

We have never said we will control RSS
Asked about controlling the RSS, he said, “Where have we said that we will control the RSS? We have only said that permission needs to be taken for using public places for programmes. This applies to everyone, we have not mentioned RSS anywhere. As per the GO issued during Jagadish Shettar’s time, permission is mandatory for anyone planning to hold programmes in public places.”
Asked if the High Court stay was a set back to the government, he said, “It is not a setback, we will discuss it with our legal team. We respect Court’s decision.”

“We are told that a separate tribunal will be formed for Mekedatu. A date will be decided for this, let’s pray that the state gets justice in this,” he added.

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