Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram on Friday raised concerns about the voter list in Tamil Nadu, noting that 66,44,881 individuals lack addresses. He acknowledged the removal of 26,32,672 deceased persons and 3,39,278 duplicate entries, but stressed the need to focus on those without addresses.
The Election Commission of India on Friday released the draft electoral roll for Tamil Nadu, after collecting 5,43,76,755 enumeration forms of voters across the state. The Election Commission in Tamil Nadu has deleted 97,37,831 electors from the list due to being deceased, having shifted/
Highlighting the voter deletion in Sivagangai district and Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday called party's booth committee members to verify the final voter list by visiting do
Speaking to mediapersons, he warned the BJP that if this happens, they will have to apologise to the people of Bengal and release the withheld Rs 2 crore within 7 days.
About 41,85,000 electors were deleted from the electoral rolls in Rajasthan following the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll, Rajasthan Chief Electoral Officer Naveen Mahajan said on Tuesday.
The Election Commission published the draft rolls on Tuesday following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in West Bengal, with 58,20,899 electors, accounting for 7.59 per cent, deleted due to death, being untraceable, or permanent migration.
"Until people's doubts are cleared, their anger will continue to rage. But it's not right to incite violence like this," Maji said. She added that Banerjee may not have intended to stoke unrest. "Perhaps Didi also doesn't want violence to spread. Maybe her statement was a slip of tongue..
"Being the Chief Minister of a state, such an irresponsible statement should not come from her mouth. If the Election Commission has issued such a direction, there must be an order or circular regarding it," Majumdar said, adding that the BJP was confident of returning to power at the Cen
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday accused the BJP and the Election Commission of targeting voters in Uttar Pradesh through the Special Summary Revision (SSR) process.
"She has already gone into campaign mode... She (Mamata Banerjee) only does vote-bank politics. For the entire 5 years, she has only done vote-bank politics; she has no other work besides that," Sharma said to ANI.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged the women of the state to "lead the fight" against the alleged "illegal voter deletion" through Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. She asked men to provide support from behind.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore criticised PM Modi for saying the opposition was doing "drama," calling the remark unfortunate. He said the Congress was only asking for a discussion on alleged voter deletions and key public issues during the Parliament Winter Session.