By Chandan Singh | Page 3 News Worldwide | New Delhi
NEW DELHI: The Delhi BJP has claimed that nearly 44 lakh of the 47 lakh voters deleted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the national capital were duplicate, deceased or fake entries, citing the low number of applications received for fresh voter registration.
In a press statement on Thursday, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor and Election Commission Coordination Department Convenor Sanket Gupta said only 2.83 lakh people had submitted Form 6 for voter registration till October 29. The party noted that this figure also includes thousands of newly eligible voters.
The BJP leaders argued that the limited number of applications indicated that a large proportion of the deleted entries did not represent genuine voters.
Welcoming the Election Commission’s decision to extend the deadline for completing the SIR exercise in Delhi once again, the BJP leaders described the move as evidence of the poll body’s transparent functioning.
The party alleged that the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had facilitated voter registrations for lakhs of migrants in Delhi despite their names also being registered in their respective home states, allegedly to expand their vote banks.
According to the BJP, following the SIR exercise, many such migrants have opted to retain their voter registration in their home states.
The Delhi BJP has appealed to the remaining 44 lakh people who have not submitted Form 6 to apply for voter registration within the next 25 days, provided they wish to do so. Applicants have been advised to submit the form along with supporting documents to their respective Booth Level Officers (BLOs).
The BJP also urged Congress and AAP leaders to accept the revised electoral roll process and prepare for elections based on the updated voter list, rather than opposing measures aimed at retaining what the party described as fake voter entries.
The BJP’s figures and allegations are based on its press statement dated October 30.
