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.
After Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday distanced the INDIA alliance from the Congress party's campaign on alleged 'vote chori', Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao demanded apology from Congress to the people of the country and Prime Minister Narendra Modi fo
At the Congress party's mega rally in the national capital against alleged "vote theft," senior Congress leader T.S. Singh Deo on Sunday accused the Election Commission of being politically misused.
"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
This comes after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of "pressurising" the District Magistrate and vowed to do a sit-in protest if names are removed "deliberately" from the voter lists.
Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC on Thursday defended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list, asserting that it is a "regular, constitutionally-approved process" conducted periodically by the Election Commission across the country and accusing the Opposition of "creating needles
Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a strong attack on the Congress and other opposition parties on Wednesday, accusing them of spreading lies about SIR, tarnishing image of India's democracy and asserted that the Modi government "will not allow infiltrators to get voting rights".
After a heated exchange between him and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that HM Shah "did not" answer his questions and his response was "completely defensive."