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2 people claim the other is dead, file Form 7 against each other

Election Commission data shows the two applications were filed a day apart in June.

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  • Two people in Karnataka’s Bagalkot district filed Form 7 applications a day apart, each claiming that the other was dead (Representative image)

Bengaluru, 9 October


Two people in Bagalkot district filed Form 7 applications against each other, claiming that the other person was dead. 


According to data from the Election Commission, one Mallikarjun Badavadagi filed a Form 7 on 11 June claiming that Virama Badavadagi was dead and should be removed from the voter rolls. A day later, Virama filed a Form 7 application claiming that Mallikarjun was dead. 


Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair claimed that 334 such cases exist in which two people filed Form 7 objections against each other. 

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