BENAGLURU: A day after Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka’s seizure of 9,746 original voter IDs from an apartment in Jalahalli on Tuesday, the Congress and BJP indulged in mudslinging on Wednesday, accusing each other of being responsible for the scam.The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka, Sanjiv Kumar, on Wednesday, clarified that they have not found proof against any individual of stocking up the voter IDs.In a hurriedly convened press conference on Tuesday night, the CEO had stated that the authorities had also found business cards of sitting MLA of Rajarajeshwarinagar ( RR Nagar ) assembly segment Munirathna from the apartment. The BJP blamed the Congress for resorting to dirty politics and demanded to countermand the polls in Rajarajeshwari Nagar.In his election campaign on Wednesday, Prime Minister Modi too referred to the case. “They (Congress) are trying to win with fake voter ID cards . Karnataka should not forgive them,” he said.BJP President Amit Shah in his tweet blamed the Congress for using fake voter IDs to create fictitious voters and rig the polls.Union minister DV Sadananda Gowda told reporters that he had visited the apartment where the voter IDs were stashed and that he had seen the photographs of MLA Muniratna in the laptop which was found in the apartment.The BJP leaders brought party worker Rakesh, who is believed to be the first person to take note of the illegal stocking of voter IDs in the apartment, before the media. Rakesh is said to be the nephew of Manjula Nanjamari, the owner of the apartment.Rakesh said that he developed suspicion of malpractice in the apartment as the CCTV cameras and street lights in the area were removed and he had observed suspicious movement of vehicles and strangers.Countering BJP’s accusations, Randeep Singh Surjewala, AICC In-charge Communications called the turn of events as “a web of deceit, fake midnight drama, hurling innuendos and false allegations as also misuse of government agencies to intimidate Congress candidates.”The apartment owner Manjula Nanjamari is a BJP leader and has been campaigning for the party. And the apartment was raided by BJP workers and the candidate and not by the CEO, the Congress leaders said in a press statement.However, the BJP rejected the Congress charge and said Manjula had quit BJP six years ago and that she was now part of the Congress. But speaking to media, Manjula admitted that she was a BJP supporter but was unaware of what was happening in the flat. “I had rented out the flat to one Rekha Anjan and her brother Rangaraju two months ago,” Manjula said.Amidst the blame game, the CEO of Karnataka, who had on Tuesday night said that the investigation will be carried out and a decision will be taken within 24 hours, and refused to divulge additional information on Wednesday. “We have informed the matter to the Election Commission of India and will obey their directive. The materials seized gives an indication of planned work over a period of time to survey and locate the vulnerable electors and induce the electors through middle men,” Kumar said.Inducement of electors is an offence under the Representations of the People Act.