Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Saturday accused the election commission officials of trying to distort the result of Sowmya Reddy, the Congress candidate from Bengaluru’s Jayanagar assembly constituency.
“The Congress candidate of Jayanagar Assembly Constituency Mrs. Sowmya Reddy has won but protested against the action of the election officials who tried to distort the result on the pretext of recount”, Shivakumar said, tweeting a picture of him seated with state working president Ramalinga Reddy.
Shivakumar and Ramalinga Reddy among other office bearers staged a demonstration in protest against the electoral body’s order.
Earlier, the poll panel ordered recounting of postal ballots in Jayanagar where Reddy is in close contest with BJP’s CK Ramamurthy.
Reddy was leading by 294 votes as she secured 57,591 votes and Ramamurthy 57,297 after counting.
An EC official said the recounting of postal ballots was ordered following an appeal by Ramamurthy. Of the total 224 seats in Karnataka, Jayanagar is the only segment where the result has not yet come out.