BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Raghav Chadha’s name has been added to the voters list of Delhi currently being revised under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the national capital’s electoral rolls, poll officials said on Tuesday.
AAP leaders, in a press conference, raised the issue and alleged that Chadha’s name was included in the electoral rolls of the Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency without following the due procedure. His name was removed from the rolls of Punjab, from where he was sent to the Rajya Sabha by his previous party AAP. During this period, approximately 2.14 lakh Forms-6 for new voters (besides Form-7 and 8) were submitted by the electors. Also, during the period of claims and objections, another 25,011 Forms-6 have been submitted by the electors in eight days (till September 7) for the inclusion of their names in the final electoral rolls to be published on November 4, it said. The Aam Aadmi Party questioned how Chadha’s name was added to Delhi’s draft electoral roll after the list for the concerned polling part showed 746 voters and sought an explanation from the Election Commission on the process followed. AAP Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj said Chadha’s name appeared as the 747th voter in the Rajinder Nagar electoral roll despite the draft roll published on August 31 showing 746 voters.
Poll officials said that Chadha’s name was added to the electoral rolls of Delhi through the updation process. He questioned how the additional entry came to be made and said the Election Commission should clarify the procedure followed for adding Chadha’s name.
