Bengaluru, Aug. 11 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday dismissed claims by the State's Cooperation Minister KN Rajanna that irregularities in voter lists occurred during the Congress-led tenure "right in front of our eyes".

Addressing reporters in Tumkuru, Rajanna had asked why Congress leaders "turned a blind eye" over irregularities in voter lists and kept silent when they should have raised objections.

The Karnataka leader's remarks come in the wake of the controversy that erupted after Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi alleged massive electoral fraud in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and said there are over 1 lakh fake votes in the electoral rolls in Bengaluru Central lok Sabha constituency.

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