BJP alleges anomalies in voter lists of Odisha Election Commission

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: The BJP on Tuesday attacked the State Election Commission for allegedly favouring the ruling BJD and turning a blind eye to the Opposition.

Coming down closely on the State Election Commissioner (SEC) Aditya Padhi for his reluctance to fulfill Opposition leaders, State BJP normal secretary Lekhashree Samantasinghar stated the Commission has grow to be a device within the arms of the BJD authorities. 

She stated the voter lists ready by the SEC isn’t in conformity with the lists ready by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Complaints are pouring in from the districts that names of many citizens, particularly candidates aspiring to contest panchayat polls, aren’t within the SEC lists.

“Voters who figured in the ECI lists are missing in the SEC lists. From this, one can easily understand the wrongful intention of the State government as well as the SEC. A deliberate attempt was made by the BJD to eliminate its rivals and the SEC complied,” she charged.

Claiming that the names of a number of the outstanding candidates of the BJP are lacking from the ultimate lists, Samantasinghar stated that the SEC washed off its arms saying that nothing could be carried out now.

“We have never seen such a partisan SEC who is still having bureaucratic handover. Padhi’s predecessors were all bureaucrats but they had respect for the laws. The incumbent SEC is not interested in meeting delegations from Opposition political parties. He is still behaving like a bureaucrat and an employee of the State government,” stated State BJP president Samir Mohanty.