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BJP Agent Booked Over Alleged Voter Roll Deletion Forms
Form 7 is a form used to ask for a name to be removed from a voter list.
In Hyderabad, officials say a BJP booth agent submitted forms asking to remove 30 people from the list.
The people included a Congress booth agent.
Officials checked and found that all 30 people lived in Musheerabad.
The complaint says the forms had the voters’ names printed on them already.
Police have booked the agent, but BJP leaders have denied the allegations.
Officials say the forms should be rejected.
Similar cases have been reported in other Hyderabad constituencies and in Karnataka.
A BJP booth-level agent, S Balachander, was booked over Form 7 applications seeking to delete 30 voters from Musheerabad’s electoral roll.
The complaint alleges the forms were preprinted with voters’ names; BJP leaders have refuted the allegations.
Officials’ field verification on October 1 found the 30 people were residents of Musheerabad, and the FIR says the applications should be rejected.
The case invokes provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
Similar prefilled forms were reported in Bahadurpura and Goshamahal; Karnataka has also registered six FIRs over alleged Form 7 misuse.
- Who
- BJP booth-level agent S Balachander is accused; 30 voters were named in the deletion requests.
- What
- He was booked over alleged misuse of Form 7 applications seeking deletion of 30 voters from the electoral roll.
- Where
- Musheerabad Assembly constituency, Hyderabad, Telangana.
- When
- The reported field verification took place on October 1; the article says the FIR followed a directive issued on Monday and reports appeared on Tuesday.
- Why
- The complaint alleges that forms were submitted to remove eligible voters from the electoral roll.
Electoral Officials’ Allegations
BJP’s Response
Whether Form 7 was misused
Electoral Officials’ Allegations
The complaint alleges Balachander submitted forms seeking removal of 30 eligible voters, and officials’ verification found the people lived in Musheerabad.
BJP’s Response
BJP leaders have refuted the allegations; the article does not provide further details of their response.
Whether applications were prepared in advance
Electoral Officials’ Allegations
The complaint says the submitted forms were printed with voters’ names, raising concerns that they had been prepared in advance and distributed to BJP booth agents.
BJP’s Response
BJP leaders have refuted the allegations, but the report gives no specific response to the claim about preprinted forms.
Key facts
- Accused
- S Balachander, a BJP booth-level agent
- Constituency
- Musheerabad Assembly constituency, Hyderabad
- Voters targeted
- 30, including a Congress booth-level agent
- Form purpose
- Form 7 can be used to object to a name’s inclusion or seek deletion from an electoral roll
- Field verification
- Officials reportedly confirmed on October 1 that the 30 people lived in Musheerabad
- Charges cited
- Provisions on giving false information to a government officer and cheating, plus charges under the Representation of the People Act, 1950
- Other reported cases
- Similar forms were reported in Bahadurpura and Goshamahal; six related FIRs were registered in Karnataka
Quotes
First information report
The police report concerning the Form 7 applications
““Personal field verification” by electoral officials on October 1 showed that the 30 persons whose names were flagged for deletions were residents of Hyderabad’s Musheerabad.”
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“Therefore, the form-7s in question cannot be accepted and (are) liable for rejection.”
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