Bengaluru, May 9: The blame-game between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress continued even today over thousands of voter ID cards that were recovered in Bengaluru on Tuesday. According to reports, a total of 9,746 voter identity cards were found in bundles in a flat in the Rajarajeshwari Nagar segment of the Bengaluru's southwest suburb.

On Tuesday, Congress party Randeep Singh Surjewala alleged that the flat where the voter IDs were found belonged to a BJP leader - Manjula Nanjamuri. Manjula, the flat owner on Wednesday broke her silence over the allegations and said the tenants are Rekha and Rangaraju and the news of Rakesh renting the flat is a fake.

“From 1997-2002 I was a corporator, and BJP helped me win. I was just a housewife and BJP supported me, so I consider myself under their 'sharan'. I am not a Congress person, will never be”, Manjula added.

Rakesh, the BJP supporter who Congress alleged was a tenant of the flat in Bengaluru where the voter IDs were seized broke his silence and said he has no connection with the flat for last 10 years. "EC officials and Police have already taken my statement, the aides of Congress Rajarajeshwari Nagar candidate Munirathna Naidu have been threatening me for exposing this", he said.

“I have no connection with that flat, neither do I have any relation with that aunt (Manjula Nanjamuri) for last 10 years”, Rakesh was quoted by ANI. “We only searched the house when we got confirmation of voter IDs being stacked inside, we had been watching how cars were coming and leaving from there frequently”, he added.

Meanwhile, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar took a jibe at the Congress and said that its philosophy is to create fake voters if real voters don't vote for them. He said what happened on Tuesday is just the tip of the iceberg. “We demand 3 things - immediate countermanding of Rajarajeshwari elections, a thorough investigation should be immediately taken up by cyber security & flat owner Manjula should be arrested immediately”, the Minister said.

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