Delhi BJP meets CEC, flags ‘names of illegal immigrants’ in voter list

A Delhi BJP delegation led by its president Virendra Sachdeva met Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Friday to lodge a protest over names of “illegal Rohingya and Bangladesh immigrants, duplicate voters, and dead persons” in the voter list of Delhi for the upcoming Assembly poll.

The delegation demanded a probe by the Election Commission (EC) on priority basis to ensure a true and transparent Assembly election.

BJP Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj, also part of the delegation, submitted “18 pieces of evidence of illegal voters” before the EC.

This comes two days after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal met Mr. Kumar and brought to his notice “requests to EC for deletion of valid voters from the voter list”. AAP has been alleging that the BJP has sent numerous applications to the EC to delete names of “AAP supporters” from the voter list. Categorically denying the charge, the BJP has accused AAP of “supporting illegal Bangladesh and Rohingya immigrants for vote bank.”

On Friday, the EC directed the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer to delete illegal or temporary migrants and ghost voters’ names from the voter list and not to undertake mass deletion of voters without proper inquiry.

“The process should be scrupulously followed to ensure that changes in the electoral roll are backed by proper inquiry with fullest participation of all parties. The list of Claims and Objections including Form-7 should regularly be shared with all parties and uploaded on the website,” the EC stated.

Published - December 14, 2024 01:23 am IST