New Delhi: Ramesh Chennithala, Congress leader and the Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly on Thursday alleged existence of bogus voters and double entry of electors in the electoral rolls for upcoming polls.
He said as many as 1.09 lakh people have votes in more than one constituency, and have voter ID cards for both the constituencies. Releasing the figures, he claimed that this was in addition to 3.25 lakh bogus votes on the list.
Congress leader has also moved Kerala High Court over bogus voters and double-entry of electors in the electoral rolls prepared for the upcoming State Assembly polls.
The petition says that “Unless those fake/multiple entry voters are restrained from participating in the poll and criminal action is launched against those who are responsible for fake/multiple entries and punished in accordance with the law, far-reaching consequences will be caused to the electoral system. After a preliminary enquiry conducted at ward level, it was found that the complaints were very genuine, warranting urgent remedial measures.”
Chennithala in his petition also stated that from the deceptive silence of the ruling party in the state even when the above said shocking disclosures regarding the electoral roll manipulations have been made public, it appears that the ruling coalition parties are not at all aggrieved by the above-proved manipulations in the electoral rolls.
He further in his plea requests that the court issues action to the Election Commission of India, and the Chief Electoral Officer to rectify the rolls, institute criminal action against persons discovered responsible for the alleged discrepancies, or any other relief.