4 lakh bogus voters: Chennithala
4 years ago

4 lakh bogus voters: Chennithala

The Hindu  

Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala has lauded the Election Commission for its willingness to check his complaint regarding double entries of voter names in the electoral rolls. Mr. Chennithala, who was campaigning in Kasaragod for the Assembly elections, told mediapersons on Tuesday that over four lakh multiple/‘bogus voters’ were included on the voters’ list by officials owing allegiance to the Communist Party of India. Mr. Chennithala said the Election Commission had now taken action against officials who allegedly added five people to a booth in a constituency. Complaint lodged The Leader of the Opposition said a complaint had been earlier lodged alleging that fake voters were created by repeating the photo and information of the same person.

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Trinamool leaders meet Chief Electoral Officer over ‘fake voter’ issue
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Trinamool leaders meet Chief Electoral Officer over ‘fake voter’ issue

The Hindu  

A delegation of the Trinamool Congress met with the Chief Electoral Officer on Thursday to discuss alleged discrepancies in the State’s voters’ lists, an issue flagged by West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee at a party meeting recently. The delegation comprising West Bengal State president Subrata Bakshi and legislators Firhad Hakim, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Aroop Biswas, and Ritabrata …

Amid tussle between AAP and BJP, several Delhi residents express surprise on being named in requests for voter deletion
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Amid tussle between AAP and BJP, several Delhi residents express surprise on being named in requests for voter deletion

The Hindu  

Bhuwani Bai was born in a slum cluster in east Delhi’s Jhilmil Colony and has lived there with her family her entire life. So, when an Election Commission of India’s Booth Level Officer knocked on her door last week, informing her that her name and her daughter’s name were on a list of voters that are to be removed from …

UP bypolls: BJP alleges SP’s role in bogus voting
4 months, 1 week ago

UP bypolls: BJP alleges SP’s role in bogus voting

Hindustan Times  

As voting in the bypolls for nine assembly seats across Uttar Pradesh unfolded on Monday, state BJP president Bhupendra Chaudhary launched a blistering attack on the Samajwadi Party, accusing it of attempting to disrupt the democratic process through a “culture of anarchy, goons, and mafia.” Chaudhary pointed to reports of bogus voting, accusing women in burqas of casting fake votes …

BJP claims bogus voters in final list, say ECI misled by state due to BRS pressure
1 year, 5 months ago

BJP claims bogus voters in final list, say ECI misled by state due to BRS pressure

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Senior BJP leader Marri Shashidhar Reddy on Thursday lodged a complaint with Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, alleging bogus votes in the recently released final voters’ list. Reddy, who is the Telangana BJP’s election commission affairs committee chairman, asked Kumar to direct the state election officials to look into it and delete bogus voters. In an email, the BJP …

Kerala elections | Pinarayi Vijayan’s words reflect shame of failure on fake voters issue, says Ramesh Chennithala
3 years, 11 months ago

Kerala elections | Pinarayi Vijayan’s words reflect shame of failure on fake voters issue, says Ramesh Chennithala

The Hindu  

Responding to criticism levelled against him by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on the fake voters issue, Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala on Friday said that the former’s words reflected the embarrassment and frustration caused by the failure of a sinister plan to sabotage the democratic process by manipulating the electoral roll. Mr. Chennithala said that by falsely claiming that …

Kerala Assembly elections | HC directs EC to ensure only one vote for a person
4 years ago

Kerala Assembly elections | HC directs EC to ensure only one vote for a person

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court on March 29 directed the Election Commission of India to take steps to ensure that voters having their names entered in voters list in multiple constituencies cast only one vote in the April 6 polls to the State Assembly. The court gave the interim order on a plea filed by Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala seeking to …

Kerala HC directs EC to ensure only one vote for a person
4 years ago

Kerala HC directs EC to ensure only one vote for a person

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Monday directed the Election Commission to take steps to ensure that voters having their names entered in voters list in multiple constituencies cast only one vote in the April 6 polls to the State Assembly. The court gave the interim order on a plea filed by Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala seeking to restrain fake …

[Kerala Assembly Elections 2021] Ramesh Chennithala Moves HC Over Alleged Double Electoral Roll Entries, Bogus Voter IDs
4 years ago

[Kerala Assembly Elections 2021] Ramesh Chennithala Moves HC Over Alleged Double Electoral Roll Entries, Bogus Voter IDs

Live Law  

Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly, Ramesh Chennithala has moved the Kerala High Court alleging the existence of bogus voters and double entry of voters in the Electoral Rolls for the upcoming Kerala Assembly Elections. The petition, filed through Advocates T Asaf Ali and Laliza TY, narrates that after the Final Electoral Rolls for the 2021 Assembly Elections …

Not just bogus voters, but double votes also exist in voter's list: Chennithala
4 years ago

Not just bogus voters, but double votes also exist in voter's list: Chennithala

Deccan Chronicle  

Kannur : Raising fresh allegations of fraud in preparation of voters' list in Kerala ahead of April 6 assembly poll, Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said many votes have been created in the name of a single voter in multiple constituencies and they should not be allowed to exercise their franchise. Earlier, he had pointed out that there were about four …

New list of 1.63 lakh fake voters out, huge says CEO
4 years ago

New list of 1.63 lakh fake voters out, huge says CEO

New Indian Express  

The number of fake voters whose details were handed over to the chief electoral officer on Friday are as follows: 5,589 in Ponnani constituency, 5,478 in Kuttiyadi, 5,085 in Nilambur, 4,871 in Thiruvananthapuram Central, 4,862 in Wadakkanchery, 4,830 in Nadapuram, 4,310 in Tripunithura, 4,104 in Wandoor, 4,029 in Vattiyoorkavu, 3,940 in Ollur, 3,858 in Beypore, 3,835 in Thrikkakara, 3,834 in …

Kerala Assembly polls | Chennithala alleges fake voters on electoral roll
4 years ago

Kerala Assembly polls | Chennithala alleges fake voters on electoral roll

The Hindu  

Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday raised the allegation of voter identity fraud. In a complaint to the Chief Election Commissioner, Mr. Chennithala said a 61-year-old woman in the Uduma constituency in Kasaragod had come into possession of at least five voter identity cards. Mr. Chennithala said Congress workers saw a similar pattern in all 140 constituencies in …

Election Commission deletes 2.16 lakh bogus voters in Maharashtra
5 years, 6 months ago

Election Commission deletes 2.16 lakh bogus voters in Maharashtra

India TV News  

Election Commission deletes 2.16 lakh bogus voters in Maharashtra Ahead of the upcoming state assembly polls, the Maharashtra Congress submitted a list of 44.61 alleged fake voters in the state and reiterated its demand to conduct the elections on ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines. The Election Commission of India has deleted 2.16 lakh bogus voters in Maharashtra and …

One person gets 3 voter ID cards in Bhupalpally
5 years, 8 months ago

One person gets 3 voter ID cards in Bhupalpally

Deccan Chronicle  

Warangal: One person was issued three voter cards for the upcoming municipal elections in Bhupalpally. One Sothuku Praveen complained that he belonged to Scheduled Caste but the voter list showed him as hailing from a Backward Class. “Because of the irregularities in the voter list, I am losing my opportunity to contest as a ward councilor,” Mr Praveen said. He …

Opposition leader moves HC alleging 'postal ballot fraud' in Lok Sabha polls
5 years, 10 months ago

Opposition leader moves HC alleging 'postal ballot fraud' in Lok Sabha polls

India TV News  

Leader of the Opposition in Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala on Monday moved the Kerala High Court alleging a postal ballot fraud in Lok Sabha elections held in the state on April 23. In his PIL, Chennithala demanded a probe alleging that a serious postal vote fraud has been practised by "pro-government" Police Association office bearers at the behest of top-level …

LDF members were involved in bogus voting in Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency: Kerala Chief Electoral Officer
5 years, 11 months ago

LDF members were involved in bogus voting in Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency: Kerala Chief Electoral Officer

Op India  

In a startling revelation made by the Chief Electoral Officer of Kerala, Teeka Ram Meena on Monday, days after Kasargod Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala went to polls in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 23, it was revealed that bogus voting was done by LDF members in the elections. The officer disclosed that three ladies affiliated …

Complaints galore against bogus voting at Kerala's Kannur, Kasaragod seats; Congress and BJP blame CPM, Left party says 'done no wrong'
5 years, 11 months ago

Complaints galore against bogus voting at Kerala's Kannur, Kasaragod seats; Congress and BJP blame CPM, Left party says 'done no wrong'

Firstpost  

The BJP and Congress had expressed fears about bogus voting in Kerala’s Kannur district before the election orchestrated by the CPM. Complaints regarding bogus voting in the two northern constituencies assumes political significance since the CPM had won the two seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha election by a narrow margin. The Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party had also expressed …

More than 1 lakh ‘bogus’ voters dropped from Delhi’s draft electoral roll
6 years, 6 months ago

More than 1 lakh ‘bogus’ voters dropped from Delhi’s draft electoral roll

Op India  

More than 1 lakh names of voters have been dropped as compared to 2017 electoral roll in Delhi. The election commission has reportedly stated that the drop in the numbers is due to the scrutiny and removal of bogus voters from the electoral roll. There has been a long-standing complaint of a large number of bogus voters being present in …

EC rejects Cong's bogus voters claim in Madhya Pradesh
6 years, 9 months ago

EC rejects Cong's bogus voters claim in Madhya Pradesh

India TV News  

The Election Commission today rejected Congress' allegations of large-scale discrepancies in the voters' list of Madhya Pradesh, saying field verifications showed that such charges were not borne out. In a letter to AICC, the poll body said, "The allegations of large-scale entries of multiple voters in these assembly constituencies is not borne out". Soon after a Congress delegation approached the …

EC verifies and rejects Congress’ bogus claims of ‘thousands of fake voters listed in Madhya Pradesh’
6 years, 9 months ago

EC verifies and rejects Congress’ bogus claims of ‘thousands of fake voters listed in Madhya Pradesh’

Op India  

The Election Commission after a preliminary inquiry into the Congress’s allegation of large-scale errors in Madhya Pradesh voter’s list, has clarified that there are no discrepancies in the voters’ list. The EC concluded that “the allegation of large-scale entries of multiple voters in these four Assembly constituencies is not borne out”. The EC also clarified that, “In addition to the …

Election Commission team visits Madhya Pradesh to examine Congress allegation of 60 lakh bogus voters
6 years, 9 months ago

Election Commission team visits Madhya Pradesh to examine Congress allegation of 60 lakh bogus voters

Firstpost  

Lok Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh, Congress’s Jyotiraditya Scindia, had advised the ECI during a meeting in Delhi to take help from technology experts to track and fix duplications in voters list. He said he had brought this to the attention of Madhya Pradesh’s Chief Electoral Officer Salina Singh, after which the names of the MLA’s kin were deleted from …

Congress alleges irregularities in Madhya Pradesh voter list, approaches Election Commission
6 years, 9 months ago

Congress alleges irregularities in Madhya Pradesh voter list, approaches Election Commission

Firstpost  

The Congress party on Sunday alleged irregularities in the voter roll in Madhya Pradesh and said there are approximately 60 Lakh fake voters registered in the voting list. The Congress on Sunday alleged irregularities in the voter list in Madhya Pradesh and said there are approximately 60 lakh fake voters registered, according to reports. Congress chief for Madhya Pradesh Kamal …

Madhya Pradesh Elections 2018: Congress submits proof of '60 lakh fake voters' to EC
6 years, 9 months ago

Madhya Pradesh Elections 2018: Congress submits proof of '60 lakh fake voters' to EC

India TV News  

Congress on Sunday alleged gross irregularities in the voter rolls in Madhya Pradesh. The party claims that there were at least 60 lakh fake voters in Madhya Pradesh electoral list. "We have provided evidence to the Election Commission that there are approximately 60 lakh fake voters registered in the voting list," Congress chief for MP Kamal Nath said in a …

UP civic polls: Second phase of local body elections marred by faulty EVMs, names missing from voter lists
7 years, 4 months ago

UP civic polls: Second phase of local body elections marred by faulty EVMs, names missing from voter lists

Firstpost  

The second phase of the three-phase civic polls ended On Sunday with — percent of the 1.29 crore people exercising their right to vote. Local body polls: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya & wife Rajkumari Devi cast their votes in Allahabad pic.twitter.com/LBFDm8vIoD — ANI UP/Uttarakhand November 26, 2017 State Cabinet minister Neelkanth Tiwari voted in his home …

AAP says large number of 'fake voters' in Delhi, complains to EC
10 years, 2 months ago

AAP says large number of 'fake voters' in Delhi, complains to EC

Firstpost  

Suspecting foul play by Booth Level Officers, Arvind Kejriwal called for action against those found to have facilitated the discrepancies. New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party today claimed that there are a large number of “fake” voters in Delhi and alleged that it was result of collusion among local level officers, against whom it sought exemplary action. Holding that free and …

Delhi High Court pulls up poll panel; asks what action taken on bogus voters
10 years, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court pulls up poll panel; asks what action taken on bogus voters

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on monday pulled up the Election Commission here asking what action it has taken on the allegation about the presence of a large number of bogus voters in various assembly constituencies of the national capital. Last year, my photograph was also wrong," Justice Vibhu Bakhru said while directing the Chief Election Commissioner and the …

It’s all about ‘bogus votes’….
12 years ago

It’s all about ‘bogus votes’….

The Hindu  

Despite a heavy turnout, the polling percentage in Delhi seldom reaches those magical 70 and 80 per cent levels. Delhi Nationalist Congress Party Election Committee chairman Ramvir Singh Bidhuri insists the problem of such “bogus votes’’ is most profound in the peripheral constituencies of the city. They get the votes of their clients or tenants made in Delhi and then …

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