On Tuesday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state chief B.S. Yeddyurappa has written a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). In his letter, Yeddyurappa alleged 'grave irregularities' in the lately concluded Karnataka assembly elections. B.S. Yeddyurappa wrote this letter days after voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines were found from a house in Vijaypur district in Karnataka. 

According to the reports in ANI, B.S. Yeddyurappa wrote, "I am of a firm belief that Election Commission has taken a serious note of VVPAT machines found abandoned in a shed near Managuli village in Vijayapur district. It indicates grave irregularities in the conduct of assembly polls in Karnataka."

The state chief also stated that earlier in the Karnataka polls, the BJP had hiked the same concern about the reoccurring problem but the EC officials paid no interest.

Yeddyurappa in his letter added, "This is not the first time that irregularities in the conduct of elections were brought to the notice of Election Commission and officials holding elections at ground level. Prior to polling, we brought many such irregularities to notice of concerned officials, but in vain,"

Earlier on May 18, eight VVPATs without batteries were seized from a labourer's house in Vijaypura. The incident took place a week after elections were conducted in Karnataka. B.S. Yeddyurappa, who was sworn in as Chief Minister on April 17, stepped down two days later before the floor test as he did not have the numbers.