Over 61,000 Form-7 deletion requests filed by Karnataka officials, often without stated reasons, raise concerns over process and record-keeping. Five days after the Election Commission directed Karnataka’s election officials to examine false Form 7 applications and take legal action where required, eight police cases have been registered. DK Shivakumar staged a dharna at the Chief Electoral Officer's office in Bengaluru over alleged voter deletions through Form 7 applications.