Shridhar, Manjula Nanjamari's son | Photo Credit: Times Now

Bengaluru: The Election Commission held an explosive press conference last night where the Chief Electoral Officer Sanjeev Kumar said that 9,746 fake voter IDs have been recovered from a flat in Bangalore's Rajarajeshwari Nagar. While Kumar said that strict actions will be taken against those who are found guilty, the focus shifted to the owner of the house - Manjula Nanjamari.

As the Congress and BJP shift blame and deny that the person in question belongs to their party, Sridhar, the son of the suspect, made some sensational revelations on Wednesday. Shridhar was interacting with Times Now, where he put rumours to rest. He said that Rakesh, Manjula and he are all workers of the BJP.

He also said that he did not know why Prakash Javadekar lied about this fact. "We had no suspicion about it (fake voter IDs being at the house). " He said that the flat was rented to Rakesh about two months ago. Congress claimed that Manjula was a BJP corporator and Shridhar was a BJP worker.

To this, Shridhar said, "Yes. 100%." However, he said that she is not playing an active role because of her health issues. The BJP had yesterday alleged that she has left the BJP six years ago and joined the Congress.

"Shocking incident. Congress is losing public support. What has happened here is shocking. It will destroy the faith in elections. In Badami, huge cash and a diary detailing the distribution of money to a large extent- is a shocking incident. Therefore we demand that EC should take actions against concerned persons," said BJP leader Prakash Javadekar.

"No, no. He (Javadekar) has no information about my mother," Shridhar said. He also said that Rakesh is lying and he has no clue about it.

"That's his personal issue." He also clarified that no Congress MLA ever contacted him or his mother.

Javadekar yesterday said Manjula has nothing to do with BJP. "They want to blame BJP without any substance."