Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted Election Commission over the deletion all but one names of voters at Bela Estate, a slum cluster near Yamuna river in Delhi.
However, days before the allegation, the Election Commission had clarified why the deletion of names happened.
“Today I went to their jhuggi and heard directly from them what the Election Commission has done to them. Delhi election officials held a review after reports said 728 out of 729 names were excluded from the voter list at Part No, according to a PTI report from earlier this month. 38, JJ Bela Estate-Vijay Ghat, in the Chandni Chowk Assembly constituency published on August 21, following Special Intensive Revision (SIR). 33 following the reports. CEC Gyanesh Kumar himself has said that ‘House Number 0’ is for the homeless. Yet, 727 people’s names have been struck off.
Officials examined the electoral roll for the earlier polling station No, according to a statement issued by the office of the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO). The review found that the addresses of most electors were listed simply as “Agriculture”, while house numbers were recorded for only a few voters. The ERO office said a significant number of people in the area had been engaged in agricultural activities in and around the Yamuna Bank. The agricultural activities, described by the ERO office as “illegal cultivation”, were discontinued in 2021, while the dwelling units in the area were demolished during 2022-23, according to the statement. “As a result, the physical and residential status of the area has undergone substantial changes since the preparation of the earlier electoral records,” the statement said, according to PTI. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted the Election Commission over the deletion of voter names at Bela Estate in the national capital, alleging it was a “method of vote theft”. Gandhi said he interacted with the residents in the area to understand their grievances. On the phone with the SDM, I said exactly this – having a house or not has no connection to the right to vote. This isn’t SIR – this is a method of vote theft,” he said.
