Overview
- Congress leaders met in a two-day conclave near Nandi Hills on Sunday and Monday to craft objections, organise booth-level operations, and decide on further legal steps.
- The party has publicly pledged to cooperate with the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) but has launched SIR camps, BL A1/BL A2 strengthening, BLO coordination, and door-to-door enumeration drives to guard voters’ names.
- KPCC president D. K. Shivakumar has ordered compulsory attendance for ministers and office-bearers, warned that those who skipped the conclave will be removed, and assigned legislators to supervise local SIR work.
- The Election Commission is reported to start SIR in Karnataka on June 20 for more than 5.5 crore voters, and the State Cabinet has discussed — and may still consider — approaching the courts depending on the conclave’s outcomes.
- Congress cites mass deletions reported in West Bengal as a warning and says the drive is aimed at protecting ordinary voters and contesting any unlawful exclusions ahead of forthcoming Greater Bengaluru civic polls.