Telangana Chief Electoral Officer C Sudharsan Reddy has directed election officials to take action against those who knowingly submit false declarations in electoral-roll forms, amid allegations of bulk, non-genuine Form 7 applications during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
The ruling Congress and Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM have accused the BJP of submitting bulk Form 7 applications, which the latter has rejected.
Reddy said applications submitted in bulk, including those by political parties, must be carefully verified before any deletion is ordered.
The Congress has alleged an organised misuse and demanded an investigation into how voter data was accessed and used to prepare the forms. Telangana Congress spokesperson Syed Nizamuddin alleged that pre-printed forms were prepared using electoral-roll data and demanded that the Election Commission seize such applications, examine download logs and identify those behind their preparation and distribution. If this drama does not stop, protests bigger than those at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar will take place on the roads and streets of Hyderabad.”
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who is also MP from Hyderabad, has said, “If false Form 7 are being filed, we appeal to the Election Commission to take action against those responsible.
