Voter cards bearing photos of cine stars stump poll officials
9 Jan 2015 5:50 AM IST
The flaws have been detected in the final electoral roll of Delhi from which over 60,000 dubious voters were weeded out earlier.
“Out of these 12 such bogus voter identity cards 10 are of males bearing the photograph of film star Akshay Kumar downloaded from internet while rest two are of females with a photo of actress Riya Sen. The applications for these voters were sent online from the same email,” said Ankur Garg, deputy electoral officer of South West district.
“The chief electoral officer has ordered verification of entire electoral roll and more such cases can emerge,” added Garg. These 12 bogus voters were from Rajender Nagar assembly segment, having different addresses. “The numbers on the voter identify cards are not in serial order but have significant gaps,” he added.
The CEO office have ordered all the nine election districts to verify voter’s lists in their area by inviting applications, suggestions from voters and also by holding camps.
“We are issuing notices to these voters, as it is not clear whether they did it deliberately or it was done by government officers,” said a spokesperson of CEO Delhi.
The CEO office will take action against such people and also against those who had new voter ID cards issued without cancelling the old one.
Besides, the election officers have also detected 15 voters from Bijwasan assembly constituency who have their names in the voter list of Haryana. “We are putting all these voters in ASD (Absent, Shifted and Dead) list, we are also issuing notices to them to opt for one voter list either in Delhi or Haryana,” added the officer.
As per the section 31 of Representation of People Act 1950, such offences can invite imprisonment of one year.
However, since there is lack of action in these matters, nobody cares.
As per the final voter’s list released for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections there are 1.30 crore voters in the city but Aam Admi Party has alleged that the list includes around four lakh bogus voters and even approached Election Commission and Delhi High Court to weed out these names.
“Out of these 12 such bogus voter identity cards 10 are of males bearing the photograph of film star Akshay Kumar downloaded from internet while rest two are of females with a photo of actress Riya Sen. The applications for these voters were sent online from the same email,” said Ankur Garg, deputy electoral officer of South West district.
“The chief electoral officer has ordered verification of entire electoral roll and more such cases can emerge,” added Garg. These 12 bogus voters were from Rajender Nagar assembly segment, having different addresses. “The numbers on the voter identify cards are not in serial order but have significant gaps,” he added.
The CEO office have ordered all the nine election districts to verify voter’s lists in their area by inviting applications, suggestions from voters and also by holding camps.
“We are issuing notices to these voters, as it is not clear whether they did it deliberately or it was done by government officers,” said a spokesperson of CEO Delhi.
The CEO office will take action against such people and also against those who had new voter ID cards issued without cancelling the old one.
Besides, the election officers have also detected 15 voters from Bijwasan assembly constituency who have their names in the voter list of Haryana. “We are putting all these voters in ASD (Absent, Shifted and Dead) list, we are also issuing notices to them to opt for one voter list either in Delhi or Haryana,” added the officer.
As per the section 31 of Representation of People Act 1950, such offences can invite imprisonment of one year.
However, since there is lack of action in these matters, nobody cares.
As per the final voter’s list released for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections there are 1.30 crore voters in the city but Aam Admi Party has alleged that the list includes around four lakh bogus voters and even approached Election Commission and Delhi High Court to weed out these names.
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