Ashoka seeks CBI probe into voter ID printing

Bengaluru, Oct 28 (UNI) Karnataka Legislative Assembly Leader of Opposition R Ashoka on Wednesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged irregularities in the printing of voter identity cards for civic elections, questioning the expenditure of around Rs 20 crore on 90 lakh cards when Bengaluru's post-revision electoral roll contained only about 59 lakh voters. Ashoka alleged that public money had been wasted on the exercise and questioned the timing of the tender, the selection process and the fate of the excess cards printed ahead of the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) elections. "In Karnataka, a scandal involving…