Via PTI
NEW DELHI: The Election Fee has requested Samajwadi Celebration leader Akhilesh Yadav to confirm his allegation towards the ballot authority of mass deletion of citizens from Yadav and Muslim communities from the electoral rolls of each meeting seat throughout the Uttar Pradesh elections this yr.
In a letter to Yadav, the Fee has requested him to put up by means of November 10 assembly-wise proof of the wrongful deletions and proceedings filed by means of the Samajwadi Celebration (SP) with the district and state electoral government on this regard.
Addressing a celebration assembly ultimate month, Yadav had accused the ballot panel of “deleting” the names of Muslim and Yadav votes in each meeting constituency.
It’s discovered that the Fee had informed Yadav that it had no longer won any criticism in regards to the deletion of names of 20,000 citizens from the electoral rolls of any constituency.
The Fee additionally mentioned that its district and state electoral officials had no longer flagged such a factor of mass deletion of citizens’ names from electoral rolls in each meeting constituency.
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The ballot authority mentioned one Samajwadi Celebration candidate had complained about deletion of names of 10,000 citizens from the electoral rolls within the Aligang meeting constituency.
The Fee mentioned on enquiry, the Leader Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh had discovered the allegations in regards to the Aligang meeting seat to be “baseless, unsubstantiated and factually mistaken”.
Given the felony provisions for preparation of electoral roll and safeguards towards wrongful deletions, the SOPs laid by means of the Fee go away no scope for mass deletion of the names of bonafide electors from the electoral roll.
The Fee mentioned suo-moto deletion of names of citizens is “strictly prohibited” throughout an election yr.
It famous that every deletion is made after following due process of regulation by means of giving abundant alternative to the individual involved.
NEW DELHI: The Election Fee has requested Samajwadi Celebration leader Akhilesh Yadav to confirm his allegation towards the ballot authority of mass deletion of citizens from Yadav and Muslim communities from the electoral rolls of each meeting seat throughout the Uttar Pradesh elections this yr.
In a letter to Yadav, the Fee has requested him to put up by means of November 10 assembly-wise proof of the wrongful deletions and proceedings filed by means of the Samajwadi Celebration (SP) with the district and state electoral government on this regard.
Addressing a celebration assembly ultimate month, Yadav had accused the ballot panel of “deleting” the names of Muslim and Yadav votes in each meeting constituency.
It’s discovered that the Fee had informed Yadav that it had no longer won any criticism in regards to the deletion of names of 20,000 citizens from the electoral rolls of any constituency.
The Fee additionally mentioned that its district and state electoral officials had no longer flagged such a factor of mass deletion of citizens’ names from electoral rolls in each meeting constituency.
ALSO READ | 2022 UP polls: Akhilesh threatens stir, says EC deleted main points of 16 lakh citizens from checklist
The ballot authority mentioned one Samajwadi Celebration candidate had complained about deletion of names of 10,000 citizens from the electoral rolls within the Aligang meeting constituency.
The Fee mentioned on enquiry, the Leader Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh had discovered the allegations in regards to the Aligang meeting seat to be “baseless, unsubstantiated and factually mistaken”.
Given the felony provisions for preparation of electoral roll and safeguards towards wrongful deletions, the SOPs laid by means of the Fee go away no scope for mass deletion of the names of bonafide electors from the electoral roll.
The Fee mentioned suo-moto deletion of names of citizens is “strictly prohibited” throughout an election yr.
It famous that every deletion is made after following due process of regulation by means of giving abundant alternative to the individual involved.