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Congress writes to EC alleging mass deletion of voters by ‘misuse’ of Form 7
['Ashok Thakur']
Nagaland Post
The Congress on Thursday wrote to the Election Commission alleging mass deletion of names of eligible voters from the electoral rolls by BJP members through the “misuse” of Form 7 during the SIR process across several states and demanded registration of FIRs against them.
This concern relates to eligible voters being wrongfully deleted during the claim and objection phase of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls,” he said.
“These reports and inaction from the Commission to address these concerns over the systematic attempt to subvert the electoral roll revision process is quite worrisome,” he alleged.
He also demanded framing and enforcing clear, uniform and stringent guidelines regulating the issuance, filing, scrutiny and adjudication of Form 7 applications, including safeguards against misuse.
The Congress general secretary said the EC should utilize its powers under Article 324 of the Constitution and initiate an investigation into instances of misuse of Form 7 applications and the voter deletion mechanism.