TMC Claims 'Glaring Fraud' In Voter Identities But Data Shows Zero Appeals From Bengal In Roll Revision

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Last Updated:April 05, 2025, 09:48 IST

EC information reveals that crossed India, lone 89 appeals were filed and each of these were from Maharashtra

EC sources said determination is simply a robust and transparent process successful spot for summation and deletion of voters successful the list. (PTI)

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) connected Friday met and wrote to the Election Commission of India raising the contented of “fraud successful elector identities". However, information from EC, seen by News18, shows that erstwhile the latest electoral rotation was published successful January, determination were nary appeals from West Bengal, contempt the information that the TMC has raised the contented aggregate times successful the past fewer weeks.

It is worthy mentioning that isolated from the continuous updation of electoral rolls, each year, the committee conducts Annual Special Summary Revision (SSR) workout to purify the rolls.

The process takes spot betwixt October and December each year, with work of last rolls successful January. The docket for the latest SSR was issued successful August 2024 and the last rolls were published successful January 2025. However, crossed India, lone 89 appeals were filed and each of these were from Maharashtra. That means nary idiosyncratic oregon governmental enactment successful immoderate different authorities filed immoderate ailment regarding issues successful the roll.

WHAT HAS TMC SAID?

On Friday, a delegation of TMC MPs met the commission, demanding answers connected wherefore they are pushing for Aadhaar-EPIC linkage without archetypal addressing the glaring fraud successful elector identities. The enactment raised a bid of questions, including however galore elector identities person really been verified, wherefore hasn’t EC explicitly stated that Aadhaar seeding is voluntary and wherefore did EC neglect to amend Form 6B contempt its Supreme Court undertaking.

WHAT EC SAYS

When asked astir these allegations, sources successful EC told News18 that the canvass assemblage is legally bound to suitably modify Form 6B of the Registration of Elector Rules, 1960, successful enactment with the orders of the Supreme Court and Section 23(4), 23(5) and 23(6) of the Representation of People Act, 1950.

Last month, EC had said it decided that the linking of Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) with Aadhaar volition beryllium done lone arsenic per the provisions of Article 326 of the Constitution, Section 23(4), 23(5) and 23(6) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, and successful enactment with the Supreme Court judgement successful WP (civil) No. 177/2023.

Sources besides explained that determination is simply a robust and transparent process successful spot for summation and deletion of voters successful the list.

“The rotation is verified astatine assorted points and governmental parties were fixed information and clip to rise issues but, crossed India, lone 89 objections were raised and each these were from Maharashtra. Only 1 2nd entreaty was filed," sources said, adding that this is not adjacent 1 per cent of the 99 crore registered electors successful India.

PROCESS OF SSR

The authoritative explained that each year, erstwhile the revision of the electoral rotation takes place, astatine each booth, a Booth Level Officer (BLO) is appointed by the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) from amongst the officials of the authorities government.

Political parties besides person the close to name Booth Level Agents (BLAs) astatine each booth. These agents person the close to verify the electoral rotation of the booth acrophobic and rise a ailment for anomaly, if any.

The BLOs behaviour house-to-house tract verification and taxable the recommendations to the respective EROs.

The ERO verifies the details of each elector for updation of electoral rolls and goes up for the draught electoral rolls which are published connected the website and besides made disposable to governmental parties and the public.

A month’s clip is fixed for the verification of the draught electoral rolls. The governmental parties and nationalist tin rise claims and objections during the 30-day period. Final rolls are published and made disposable to governmental parties.

During the play of revision, anyone tin record an entreaty oregon objections. The archetypal entreaty is made to the DM/District Collector/Executive Magistrate nether conception 24(a) of RP Act 1950.

Even if the idiosyncratic is not satisfied with the determination of the archetypal appellate authority, they tin rise a 2nd entreaty to the Chief Electoral Officer of the state/UT acrophobic nether conception 24(b) of RP Act 1950.

As per EC data, determination are 99.22 crore registered voters successful India arsenic of January 2025. A full of 10.49 lakh BLOs and 13.87 lakh BLAs were progressive successful the process crossed India. In West Bengal, determination were 7.65 crore electors arsenic of January 2025. Close to 80,500 BLOs and 1.75 BLAs from assorted parties were progressive successful the SSR process, EC information showed.

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April 05, 2025, 09:48 IST

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