YSRCP tampering with voters list, claims Naidu

TDP national presiden N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday complained to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on several irregularities in the voters lists across the State.

In a letter addressed to the Chief Electoral Officer, which was released to the media here, he said that the YSR Congress Party is resorting to various kinds of irregularities and the prescribed procedure for enrolment of voters is not followed. The necessary changes in the electoral rolls are not being made as per the Electoral Manual-2023, he mentioned in the letter.

Though the manual clearly specifies the procedure for deletion of multiple entries, the procedure is not complied with as still there are double or multiple entries of voters in several constituencies, Naidu said another important issue is that deceased voters’ names are still found in the draft electoral rolls and the prescribed action is not followed by the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs).

Pointing out that the Rule 6 of the Registration of Electors Rule-1960 clearly specifies that the rolls shall be arranged according to house numbers, the former Chief Minister said that it is observed that the rule is being breached. This apart, ineligible persons are being enrolled through online registration with Form-6, the former chief minister stated and regretted that the names of the voters of the Opposition parties are being deleted under the directions from the ruling dispensation.

Expressing concern that till now there is no focus on such complaints made by the TDP leaders, he said that the Bulk Form-7 applications are not being accepted either through online or directly. Naidu demanded that those who are raising objections and who want certain names to be deleted from the voters list produce necessary evidence. It is really pathetic that in certain constituencies if the names are simply written on a white-paper they are being deleted from the rolls without any inquiry, he added.