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Warring Seeks Shah’s Intervention Over Punjab First-Time Voter Registration
Amrinder Singh Raja Warring says some young people in Punjab were not allowed to register as voters.
These people had turned 18 and applied using Form 6.
He says officials asked them to prove that their parents or grandparents appeared on very old voter lists.
Some families had moved often for work, and some parents worked abroad.
Warring believes this creates an unfair extra requirement.
He asked Amit Shah to help solve the problem.
The Election Commission said an extra declaration would not be needed after the revision.
Warring says that answer came too late for some applicants.
The Home Ministry had not publicly replied to his letter.
Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring asked Amit Shah to intervene over alleged refusals to register some first-time voters.
Warring said applicants using Form 6 were asked to show where their parents or grandparents appeared on electoral rolls from a previous intensive revision.
He argued that citizenship, age and ordinary residence are the constitutional qualifications for voting, and that voter registration remains a continuing right.
The Election Commission said an additional declaration would not be required after the revision, but Warring said the clarification came too late.
Punjab’s claims window closed on September 12, and the Home Ministry had not publicly responded to Warring’s latest letter.
- Who
- Punjab Congress president and Ludhiana MP Amrinder Singh Raja Warring wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
- What
- Warring sought intervention over alleged refusals to register some first-time voters during Punjab’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- Where
- Punjab.
- When
- The letter was dated September 29; the claims window had closed on September 12.
- Why
- Warring said applicants were being asked for difficult-to-establish information about their parents’ or grandparents’ inclusion in older electoral rolls, creating an additional barrier to registration.
Key facts
- Issue
- Registration of first-time voters during the Special Intensive Revision
- Applicant form
- Form 6
- Claims deadline
- September 12
- Letter date
- September 29
- Relevant constitutional provision
- Article 326
- Relevant law
- Representation of the People Act, 1950
- Government response
- No immediate public response from the Home Ministry was reported
Quotes
Amrinder Singh Raja Warring
Punjab Congress president and Ludhiana MP
“The right of these young people to be registered flows from Article 326 of the Constitution and from the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and the rules framed under it. It is a continuing right, and no Electoral Registration Officer grants it as a favour.”
thestatesman.com
“Each of these young people has turned eighteen, and each has tried to enrol as a voter on Form 6. Their forms have not been accepted.”
thestatesman.com
Sources
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