Notices have been issued to over 33 lakh electors in Delhi, including Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal. The notices are part of the special intensive revision process aimed at verifying the eligibility of voters.
According to a report by The Indian Express, notices have been generated for over 33 lakh electors in Delhi. This development is part of the special intensive revision process aimed at verifying the eligibility of voters. The list was released on Saturday on the website of the Delhi chief electoral officer.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, a voter from the Shalimar Bagh constituency, was sent a notice due to an apparent discrepancy in her age relative to that of her parents' age. Her details were later validated when she provided the necessary documents, as confirmed by the electoral registration officer from the constituency.
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and his family received notices because they did not provide details about their inclusion during the last special intensive revision exercise, according to the Electoral Registration Officer of the New Delhi Assembly seat. The BJP has been accused by AAP national executive member Anurag Dhanda of attempting to restrict voting rights for Kejriwal and his opponents.
Other prominent figures who received notices include former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Sudesh Dhankhar, ex-Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur, former Union Minister Kapil Sibal and his wife Promila Sibal, BJP MLA Kailash Gahlot, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj, and former Union Minister Subramanian Swamy, among others.
The 33 lakh voters who have been sent notices account for about one-third of the 97.5 lakh voters included in the draft voter rolls. Verification of such cases is scheduled to be completed by October 29, while the final electoral rolls are set to be published on November 4.
On Sunday, the Delhi chief electoral officer’s clarified that receiving a notice does not mean that a voter’s name will be deleted from the electoral roll. 'System generated notices' are being sent to voters who could not be linked to the electoral roll from the previous special intensive revision or whose linking contained ‘logical discrepancies’, the poll body said.
Delhi is among the 19 states and Union Territories where the voter roll revision is being carried out in the third phase of SIR.
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