TMC Cites EC Note to Back Claims of Voter List Anomalies
Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal said the Election Commission's statement that duplicate numbers do not necessarily imply fake voters backed its claims about the inclusion of non-resident voters in the state's electoral list to help a "particular party". Amid reports flagging the issuance of identical voter card numbers to electors in two different states, the EC in a statement on Sunday said while elector photo identity card numbers of some voters "may be identical", other details such as demographic information, assembly constituency and polling booth are different. TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh told reporters that the EC's statement "confirms our claims that there are names in the electoral list which had been included after conclusion of previous polls. BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said the TMC is "scared of losing power in the next assembly polls as it won't be able to manipulate the public mandate through terror, intimidation, and false voting".
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