Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has cancelled his scheduled visit to Delhi on Tuesday, where he was expected to take part in a meeting of Opposition leaders over the issue of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), official sources said.
“The proposed visit of the Chief Minister to New Delhi today stands cancelled,” the CMO said, without specifying any reasons.
According to the schedule of the Chief Minister shared with the media earlier, Mr. Kumaraswamy was to leave for Delhi by a special flight at 11 a.m. and take part in the meetings, before heading back to the city in the evening.
According to JD(S) sources, the Chief Minister was to take part in the meeting of Opposition leaders over the EVM issue. Ahead of the Lok Sabha poll results on May 23, leaders of various Opposition parties would meet the Election Commission (EC) and raise the issue of tallying paper trail of votes (VVPATs) with EVM figures.