BJP duplicating voter entries in Madhya Pradesh, alleges Congress

The Congress alleged that the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh was involved in mass duplication of voter entries in electoral roles.

According to an Indian Express report, Congress leader Kamal Nath questioned how the number of voters increased by 40% at a time when the state’s population only rose by 24% in the past decade.

“We’ve provided evidence to the Election Commission that there are approximately 60 Lakh fake voters registered in the voting list. These names have been deliberately registered. Ye prashasanik laparvaahi nahi prashasanik durupyog hai (this is not an administrative carelessness, but an administrative misuse).” Kamalnath said.

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Memorandum to the Election Commission of India regarding irregularities in the voter rolls in Madhya Pradesh. @INCMP 1/2 pic.twitter.com/THPgeyIxuX

— INC Sandesh (@INCSandesh) June 3, 2018

Memorandum to the Election Commission of India regarding irregularities in the voter rolls in Madhya Pradesh. @INCMP 2/2 pic.twitter.com/VD45hhN7v6

— INC Sandesh (@INCSandesh) June 3, 2018

In its memoradum to the Election Commission, the Congress has demanded strict action against the returning officer who published the list in January this year and called for a fresh list to be released ahead of the upcoming state assembly election.  

This has been done by BJP. How is it possible that population increased by 24% in 10 yrs but number of voters increased by 40%? We scrutinised list in all constituencies, 1 voter's registered in 26 lists, there are similar cases in other places too: Jyotiraditya Scindia, Congress pic.twitter.com/ssj37RQMhi

— ANI (@ANI) June 3, 2018

Speaking at a press conference, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia blamed the BJP-led government in the state behind the irregularities in voter list. “We found these irregularities during the Mungaoli and Kolaras bypolls in the state, where names of voters were being repeated. We reviewed 101 constituencies in the state where we found 24,65,000 fake voters. Meanwhile, in 91 other constituencies, we found 27 lakh such voters who had names, address and pictures on multiple polling booths,” Scindia added.