The incident triggered immediate reactions from the BJP, which, like the Congress, approached the poll panel in New Delhi on Wednesday. Both the Congress and the BJP claimed Nanjamuri and Rakesh belonged to the other party. “Apartment No 115 from where the ID cards were recovered belonged to a BJP corporator, Nanjamuri. Members of the BJP, including Union ministers Smriti Irani, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, JP Nadda, Dharmendra Pradhan and SS Ahluwalia also met the election commission on Wednesday. In Bengaluru, CEO Kumar reiterated that none of the voter cards seized were fake and there had been no breach in the election commission’s systems.

Source: Hindustan Times May 09, 2018 14:43 UTC