Centre ‘conspiring’ to delete our supporters from electoral rolls, claims CM Atishi; BJP says AAP fearful of defeat

“It is simply a systematically done, step-by-step conspiracy to power the voters’ database successful its (BJP’s) favour. The Centre is trying to triumph the upcoming Assembly polls by violating democracy. This is thing but a well-planned conspiracy to region voters, particularly AAP supporters from the list,” she said astatine a property conference.

She besides directed the Chief Secretary to represent an enquiry committee comprising retired officers oregon retired judges of the High Court/ Supreme Court for credibility. “I person been reliably informed that immoderate officers of the gross department, successful complaint of conducting and ensuring escaped and just elections are, instead, vitiating elections by large-scale deletion of voters and trying to trim registration of caller voters,” the missive stated, adding, “Investigate if immoderate specified elector deletions are being done by immoderate different officers. Take enactment if immoderate serviceman is recovered guilty…”

She cited an order, dated October 28, issued by L-G V K Saxena regarding the transportation of 29 SDMs. “Transfer posting is nether the domain of L-G… 29 SDMs and ADMs person been transferred by L-G. After that, helium directed the removal of voters from the electoral list. Several booth-level officers contacted america and complained they were being pressured to region voters’ names,” she alleged.

She appealed to each SDMs, ADMs, and BLOs to not succumb to the pressure. “If idiosyncratic puts unit connected you to region names from the elector database oregon not marque immoderate caller elector ID, grounds it and nonstop the video to us. We volition instrumentality action,” she said.

The Delhi BJP said the allegations were a effect of a disheartened and demoralised INDIA bloc faced with continuous electoral defeats. “AAP, fearing a nonaccomplishment successful the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, has begun echoing akin rhetoric, which is regrettable. First the Congress and present AAP person relied connected fake duplicate voters and burqa voters to triumph successful Delhi… Atishi has been informed by (Arvind) Kejriwal’s interior survey teams that AAP is losing the polls. That is wherefore she is spreading fake information,” said Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva.

He challenged Atishi to record a ailment with the Election Commission of India oregon question redressal done the judiciary.