Uttar Pradesh SIR: Akhilesh Yadav alleges irregularities, deletion of SP supporters’ names
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday alleged widespread irregularities in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the state.
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The former chief minister demanded greater transparency in the process and action against persons responsible for the alleged irregularities.
Yadav said at a press conference that he will ask the Election Commission to clarify under which rules should first information reports be registered in the matter.
He asked why the Election Commission had not taken action so far and added that the Samajwadi Party will raise the matter in the Assembly, where the Budget Session is underway.
The Samajwadi Party chief demanded that the process of removing voters from the electoral rolls be initiated only by booth-level officers and not by others, PTI reported. Details such as the booth number, Assembly constituency and the name of the person who submitted Form 7s should be made public, he added.
Form 7 of the Election Commission is the official application used to object to the inclusion of a name or to request the deletion of a name from an existing electoral roll.
Names of SP supporters being removed, alleges Yadav
Yadav alleged that the names of Samajwadi Party supporters were being deleted unlawfully and that the poll panel had given the party “very little” information, PTI reported.
He claimed that in Sakaldiha town,...