Behind RR Nagar haul: A fishy survey, bid to lure voters with promise of water cans, cookers

deferred polling in Rajarajeshwarinagar assembly constituency to May 28 with counting scheduled on May 31.

The decision follows the seizure of nearly 10,000 Electoral Photo ID Cards along with handbills featuring sitting Congress MLA and candidate N Munirathna on May 8 from a flat in Jalahalli in the constituency.

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