Tejasvi Surya Booked on Polling Day for 'Seeking Votes in Name of Religion'

Tejasvi Surya Booked on Polling Day: In a video posted on X, Bengaluru South sitting MP and BJP candidate Tejasvi Surya solicited votes on the basis of religion.

During polling in the crucial seat where Tejasvi is fighting Congress's Sowmya Reddy, a case has been filed against Tejasvi Surya MP and Bengaluru South PC candidate at Jayanagar PS for posting a video in the 'X' handle and soliciting votes on the basis of religion, the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka tweeted on Friday.

In the Lok Sabha election 2024, Tejasvi Surya is BJP's candidate from Bengaluru South.

The last video Tejasvi released at around 2pm mentioned Ram Mandir, border security and Article 370 in his appeal to maximize the last four hours of voting.

According to Tejasvi, BJP voters constitute 80%, but only 20% turn out to vote. By contrast, Congress voters represent 20%, but they turn out and vote in large numbers.

Most of the time, this is the ground reality at the polling booth. Every single vote counts.

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Please come out and vote because if you are not voting, Congress’ 20 per cent is definitely voting,” Tejasvi said.

The Congress may not win more than 30 seats, Tejasvi said as he cast his vote early in the day.

In spite of the personal attacks and baseless allegations they make against the PM, history shows that the Prime Minister has only gotten stronger and the BJP has only gained more popularity."

While speaking with ANI, he said, "Today is a celebration day in Karnataka. it is a festival of democracy. Millions of people will go out and vote... This is not just a right, but also a duty, because if we don't vote, we are not registering our voice, and contributing meaningfully to a democracy."

"Just like every year, more senior citizens are seen at the booths, they are coming out in big numbers to vote. I wish young people draw inspiration from senior citizens and also come out in big numbers and vote."

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