HC issues notice to Tanveer Sait

Bengaluru: The High Court issued notice to Congress party member Tanveer Sait while hearing a petition filed by Abdul Majeed, a candidate of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), defeated in the recently held Assembly elections. 

Justice A S Bopanna was hearing a petition filed by Majeed challenging election of Tanveer Sait from Narasimharaja constituency in Mysuru. 

The petitioner has sought directions for counting of the entire Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) slips of Narasimharaja constituency in the 2018 Assembly elections. He has also sought for directions to declare the election of Sait from the said constituency void.