Kerala HC seeks EC reply on Congress’s plea on a number of entries in electoral roll

The Kerala High Court Friday sought a proof from the Election Commission on a writ petition filed by Opposition chief Ramesh Chennithala searching for deletion of pretend/a number of entry voters within the electoral roll forward of the state meeting elections slated for April 6.
The Opposition Congress has alleged that there are 4.34 lakh a number of/pretend voters within the remaining voters’ listing printed for the meeting elections. Two days in the past, the chief electoral officer, Kerala, had directed all district collectors to conduct a booth-level examination of the voters’ listing to earmark the a number of/pretend entry within the voters’ listing in all 140 meeting seats.

A preliminary examination of the returning officers at varied constituencies had prima facie ascertained the alleged anomalies within the voters’ listing. The election fee has suspended a state authorities worker in Kasaragod district, who had allegedly issued a number of voter ID playing cards to a single voter.
Chennithala, in his petition within the excessive court docket, stated that there have been scores of complaints alleging that there have been double votes, pretend entries within the electoral rolls, unlawful enrolment of votes many occasions by a single voter, a number of id playing cards and so forth.

His petition stated, “On a preliminary enquiry carried out at ward degree it was discovered that the complaints have been very real, warranting pressing remedial measures. A cursory estimate confirmed that roughly 3,24,441 double votes and 1,09,601 bogus votes within the remaining electoral roll. Hence, there are a complete 4,34,042 lakhs double/pretend votes within the remaining electoral rolls. It is known {that a} authorities staff labored behind the above misfeasance with heavy monetary assist in a uniform method with a calculated transfer to control voters’ listing and thereby to make undue political benefit within the ensuing election to the Kerala Legislative Assembly.’’