Bengaluru: The future of eight members of Legislative Council will depend on the action to be taken by Legislative Council Chairman D.H. Shankaramurthyon, including possible disqualification, for providing false information that they were residents of Bengaluru so they could vote in the BBMP Mayoral elections.

The MLCs, six from Congress, including aspirant for Cabinet berth R.B. Thimmapur, had provided false information in their declaration filed before the polls.

BBMP Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad, in his report to Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka Anil Kumar Jha, said false information was provided by the MLCs regarding their addresses to include their names in the voters’ list.

Following a complaint by BBMP Opposition leader Padmanabha Reddy, the Election Commission of India initiated a probe in July.

The BBMP Commissioner, in his report, also held the electoral registration officer responsible for the lapses in allowing the MLCs to vote.

After the Mayoral polls, the MLCs allegedly claimed travel allowances by showing residential addresses in their native districts. The MLCs who are facing charges are Allum Veerabhadrappa, Raghu Achar, N.S. Boseraju, R.B. Thimmapur, S. Ravi, M.D. Lakshminarayana (Congress), and C.R. Manohar and Appaji Gowda (JD-S).

Meanwhile, the BJP has not only demanded their disqualification but also decided to take up the issue with Governor Vajubhai Vala.