Tejasvi Surya booked for ‘seeking votes based on religion’

The Bangalore South LS seat is seeing a contest between BJP's Tejasvi Surya and Congress’s Sowmya Reddy.

Surya made his debut in the 2019 polls and defeated senior Congress leader B K Hariprasad by over 3.30 lakh votes. (Express photo)

Police have booked BJP MP and Bangalore South candidate Tejasvi Surya after a complaint from a poll officer for allegedly soliciting votes on the ground of religion through social media.

Surya Thursday posted a video of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and wrote that “PM Modi fulfilled the wish of crores of Indians” and “for Bharatiya has to survive, vote for Modi!”

A police officer said the election officer of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Santosh N Thursday filed the complaint against Surya. Police have registered a non-cognisable report under Sections 123 (3) (appealing for votes on grounds of religion) and 126 (prohibition of public meetings during a period of 48 hours ending with hour fixed for conclusion of poll) of The Representation of the People Act, 1951.

Election Commissioner, Karnataka, posted on X: “Case is booked against Tejasvi Surya MP… for posting a video in X handle and soliciting votes on the ground of religion.”

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