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- The Congress party claims there is a coordinated effort to improperly remove eligible voters from electoral rolls by misusing Form-7 applications.
- Party leader K.C.
- Venugopal alleged that individuals linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party are submitting bulk, invalid objections across several states including Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Assam.
- The complaint argues that this process targets voters from backward and marginalized communities to gain an unfair electoral advantage.
- The Congress has requested that the Election Commission of India implement stricter scrutiny and initiate investigations to protect the integrity of the electoral process.
What to watch next
- Election Commission of India's response to the complaint
- Implementation of stricter scrutiny for Form-7 applications
- Potential initiation of legal actions or FIRs regarding false declarations
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K.C. Venugopal
party general secretary
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“These actions, if remained unchecked and not taken cognisance of by the Commission, will not only embolden the BJP in its efforts to wrongfully gain electoral advantage but will also lead to the disenfranchisement of lakhs of voters, especially those belonging to the backward, marginalised communities, who, as per the media reports, have been made the target of these deletions through Form-7s”
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…riddled with illegible names, invalid phone numbers and EPIC details, and in many cases did not contain verifiable particulars of the objector. Also Read: SIR really means 'Shah Instigated Removal' of voters: Congress “ These actions, if remained unchecked and not taken cognisance of by the Commission, will not only embolden the BJP in its efforts to wrongfully gain electoral advantage but will also lead to the disenfranchisement of lakhs of voters, especially those belonging to the backward, marginalised communities, who, as per the media reports, have been made the target of these deletions through Form-7s ,” Mr. Venugopal said in the letter. According to the Congress, the pattern first emerged in Rajasthan and subsequently in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam and Kerala, suggesting…
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