Ballot Officer Responds To AAP’s Voter Checklist Manipulation Cost In Delhi
New Delhi:
The election officer of the New Delhi district has responded to the ruling Aam Aadmi Occasion’s allegations of manipulation of voter lists by the BJP. “Submission of purposes for addition and deletion of electors within the electoral roll doesn’t mechanically end result within the addition or deletion of names,” the district election officer stated.
The AAP has been accusing the BJP of transferring votes from throughout the nation to the New Delhi meeting constituency utilizing the addresses of MPs and ministers who reside within the New Delhi constituency. The BJP has rejected all of the allegations.
Earlier within the day, a delegation of AAP leaders led by nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal met the Election Fee officers. “We instructed the Election Fee how within the New Delhi meeting constituency, every BJP MP has given purposes for 30 to 40 names to be included within the voter roll,” Mr Kejriwal instructed media after assembly the ballot panel officers.
The election officer, in a submit on X, asserted that every software “below Kind 6 (for addition) and Kind 7 (for deletion) is fastidiously scrutinized and disposed of in strict compliance with the norms prescribed by the Election Fee of India (ECI)”.
Submission of purposes for addition and deletion of electors within the electoral roll doesn’t mechanically end result within the addition or deletion of names. Every software below Kind 6 (for addition) and Kind 7 (for deletion) is fastidiously scrutinized and disposed in strict…
— District Election Officer, New Delhi District (@DEO_NDD) January 13, 2025
The district election officer rejected the claims by the AAP relating to the distribution of things, resembling mattress sheets, footwear, spectacles and jackets, by the BJP candidates citing “no credible proof”.
Mr Kejriwal had claimed that some BJP candidates had been allegedly distributing bedsheets, footwear, jackets and cash in full public view of their constituency.
“No credible proof, resembling pictorial proof or witness testimony, has been offered to substantiate these claims,” the officer stated.
The Mannequin Code of Conduct – a set of tips issued by the Election Fee for candidates and political events at no cost and truthful elections – was carried out within the nationwide on January 7, the day the ballot schedule was introduced.
The officer stated that the police and Flying Squad Group of the election equipment are “actively monitoring the scenario 24/7”.
Delhi will vote on February 5 and the outcomes will likely be declared on February 8.
