‘EPIC’ Fail? 13,03,065 In Bengal Have Copied Identities & Now Duplicate Voter Playing cards, Alleges BJP Earlier than EC – News18
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The BJP has submitted essential information to drive residence the purpose of voter duplication whereas searching for an “in depth evaluation” of Bengal’s electoral roll with the assistance of expertise
If somebody has the identify X, age Y, and tackle Z on their voter ID card, it must be distinctive to that particular person. (Representational picture: Shutterstock)
Even earlier than the Trinamool Congress might make a transfer in opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Occasion-led Centre, the West Bengal BJP was one step forward. Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar final Friday introduced that they might be visiting the Election Fee of India over the problem of “bogus voters“, shocking the TMC.
By the point the Trinamool delegation went in on Tuesday to the ECI, the BJP workforce, together with Sukanta Majumdar, Bengal co-in-charge Amit Malviya, Rajya Sabha member Samik Bhattacharya, and others, had already submitted essential information to drive residence the purpose of voter duplication whereas searching for an “in depth evaluation” of Bengal’s electoral roll with the assistance of expertise.
Based on the Bengal BJP, there are 13,03,065 voters having the identical identify or bearing the identical family members’ names and the identical age of their respective districts (as of March 10, 2025). As an example, if somebody has the identify X, age Y, and tackle Z on their voter ID card, it must be distinctive to that particular person. Nevertheless, 13,03,065 folks have copied identities and voter playing cards.
The Bengal BJP says the problem is extra nuanced than that. The duplicate voter ID card problem is of three variations. First, the voter card itself is a reproduction and is present in different states. The variety of such playing cards in Bengal stands at 323, mentioned the delegation in a report back to the ECI. Nevertheless, the second form of duplicate Electoral Picture Id Card (EPIC), which is present in the identical state however the particular person’s identify is completely different, will be quantified at 857, mentioned the report. However then got here the large revelation within the third class, the place the Bengal BJP claimed that the third sort of EPIC IDs, that are duplicate however present in the identical state and the particular person’s identify is identical, are roughly 7,235 in complete. In layman’s language, they’ve two voter ID playing cards. So, if one calculates, the duplicate saga quantities to a whopping 8,415 duplicate voter playing cards within the combine.
“The problem of duplicate or faux voter playing cards in West Bengal is severe. We’ve requested the Election Fee to go for an in depth evaluation for detection. There’s expertise out there these days. The ECI ought to avail them. Fortunately, the ECI assured us that they’ll do their greatest,” mentioned Majumdar.
Apparently, whilst Majumdar was addressing the press outdoors the Election Fee, a TMC delegation was coming into with complaints of its personal in regards to the voter listing.
