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Telangana Officials Reject Disputed Bulk Voter-Objection Applications
Form-7 is a form people can use to object to a name being added to or kept on the voter list.
Officials in Telangana said they rejected disputed applications from two Hyderabad constituencies.
Some forms in Goshamahal were not signed.
In Musheerabad, an applicant objected to 30 voters, but officials said those people lived at the address.
Congress and AIMIM accused the BJP of trying to remove voters from the list.
The BJP said its booth-level agents had not submitted such forms.
Officials said voter objections must be checked before any names are removed.
The state’s voter-list review is still underway.
Election officials said applications in Goshamahal and Musheerabad were rejected after review.
In Goshamahal, the submitted forms lacked applicants’ signatures and were ineligible for consideration.
In Musheerabad, one applicant filed objections against 30 electors, whom officials found residing at the premises.
Congress and AIMIM accused the BJP of trying to remove voters’ names; the BJP denied its agents submitted the forms.
During the Special Intensive Revision, Telangana had received about 29,000 Form-7 and 4.43 lakh Form-6 applications, the CEO said.
- Who
- Telangana election officials, with allegations involving the Congress, AIMIM and BJP.
- What
- Officials rejected disputed Form-7 objections concerning electors in Goshamahal and Musheerabad.
- Where
- Goshamahal and Musheerabad assembly constituencies in Hyderabad, Telangana.
- When
- Officials announced the rejections on Monday; the Special Intensive Revision claims-and-objections process runs from August 17 to November 5.
- Why
- The Goshamahal forms were unsigned, while officials said the 30 electors challenged in Musheerabad were residing at the stated premises.
Congress and AIMIM
BJP
Who submitted the applications
Congress and AIMIM
Congress and AIMIM accused the BJP of submitting bulk Form-7 applications. Congress said the Musheerabad applicant belonged to the BJP.
BJP
BJP state president N Ramchander Rao said no BJP Booth Level Agents submitted such applications.
Intent and electoral process
Congress and AIMIM
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi alleged BJP activists were trying to remove Muslim voters’ names; Congress called the Musheerabad objections an attempt to unlawfully delete genuine electors.
BJP
Rao said the Special Intensive Revision is conducted by state government machinery and that deletion decisions are made by the Election Commission after field-level inquiries.
Key facts
- Form-7 purpose
- An application to object to the proposed inclusion or deletion of a name from the existing electoral roll.
- Goshamahal
- Officials said the submitted forms lacked applicants’ signatures and were ineligible for consideration.
- Musheerabad
- One applicant filed Form-7 objections against 30 electors; officials said the electors were residing at the premises.
- Applications received during SIR
- About 29,000 Form-7 applications and 4.43 lakh Form-6 applications, according to the CEO on October 1.
- Notices and objections period
- The process of issuing notices and disposing of claims and objections runs from August 17 to November 5.
- Voter notices
- Of 92 lakh voters issued notices during SIR, 63 lakh had been found eligible for inclusion as of the CEO’s statement.
Quotes
C Sudharshan Reddy
Telangana Chief Electoral Officer
“If at all, if it is received in bulk from the side of political party, it has to be properly enquired into, properly verified....”
deccanchronicle.com
Sources
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