New Delhi. Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has recently made allegations of alleged manipulation of voter list in his constituency New Delhi. He has termed it as a ‘conspiracy’ of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Now the Election Commission has clarified the situation on this. The Election Commission has said that the voter list released on October 29 was only a draft. The Commission also clarified that the applications received from October 29 to November 28 have been disposed of by December 24. Apart from this, all the new applications coming till January 1 will also be included and the final voter list will be released on January 6.
The Special Summary Revision wrt qualifying date 01.01.2025 is being done as per ECI letter dated 07.08.2024.
During the pre-revision period i.e. 20 August, 2024 to 18 October, 2024, the BLOs conducted the house to house verification to identify the unenrolled eligible citizens.— CEO, Delhi Office (@CeodelhiOffice) December 29, 2024
Arvind Kejriwal’s allegation
Arvind Kejriwal said that irregularities are being done on a large scale regarding the voter list in his constituency. He alleged that a campaign was launched from December 15, in which applications have been made to delete names of 5,000 voters and add 7,500 new names. He said that this process could affect the total 12 percent votes of his constituency. According to him, there are a total of 1,06,873 voters in New Delhi constituency. This number was recorded in the draft list released on October 29 after revision between August 20 and October 20.
Even in New Delhi Assembly, BJP wants to win the elections by reducing people’s votes. Another big revelation – https://t.co/KFxkEO0nh0
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 29, 2024
“Operation Lotus” reaches my constituency
Kejriwal said, “Operation Lotus has now reached my constituency. They are trying to manipulate the voter list to influence the election result.” Calling it dangerous for democracy, he has demanded strict action from the Election Commission.
Election Commission’s appeal
The Election Commission has appealed to the voters to apply within the time limit for addition, deletion or correction of names in the voter list. The Commission assured that it will complete this process with complete impartiality.
