New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- The Supreme Court today issued notice on a petition challenging the 2023 election of Congress leader and incumbent Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah from the Varuna Assembly constituency.
A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta sought a response from Siddaramaiah after hearing the plea filed by K. Shankara, a voter from the Varuna constituency.
The Karnataka High Court had dismissed the petition in April this year.
Shankara's plea alleges that the five "guarantee schemes" announced in the Indian National Congress (INC) manifesto for the 2023 Karnataka Assembly polls amounted to bribery and a corrupt practice under the Representation of the People Act.
He contended that since the manifest...