Nagpur: Claiming that 10-32% of voters in the city's electoral rolls are untraceable, BJP, which is ruling in the state as well as at the Centre, has demanded scrapping of the existing voters' list and preparation of a fresh one by way of intensive electoral rolls drive (by conducting door-to-door survey) before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The party also demanded holding Lok Sabha and assembly elections of 2019 simultaneously.
A BJP delegation, led by MLAs Sudhakar Kohle, Sudhakar Deshmukh, Dr Milind Mane, Krishna Khopde and Vikas Kumbhare, met collector Sachin Kurve on Tuesday and requested him to forward their demand to the Election Commission of India.
TOI had highlighted various types of errors in the voters' list before the municipal and legislative assembly elections in 2014. Last time, the intensive electoral rolls drive was held in the city in 1995.
"District administration has planned summary revision drive of electoral rolls between November 15 and 30. It will be a door-to-door survey, but only for revision in the existing electoral rolls," he said.
As part of preparations for the 2019 general elections, BJP conducted its own "intensive electoral rolls drive" in 1,914 booths. The party found 100-400 voters in each booth untraceable. To buttress the claim, BJP gave example of one booth in each of the six assembly constituencies.
In case of booth no-214 in Central Nagpur, where Union minister Nitin Gadkari heads the party's booth unit, there are total 1,425 voters. During the party's drive 431 persons were not found at their registered address, 32 have passed away and two untraceable. Thus, only 960 voters should be part of the list, the party's drive indicated.
Kohle said names of dead persons are yet to be deleted. "Name of a woman was deleted from voters' list of booth no-312 in South-West Nagpur. In reality, husband of the woman had died but his name is still in the list. There are cases in which voters have shifted to other places in the city or outside. Names of members of many families are not in the list of one booth. Many of the voters' names figure in booths situated far away (5km) from their residence. All these errors cannot ensure transparent elections," he said.
Over a year ago, Congress leaders had exposed bogus voters in which names of persons from villages situated in the district were found in city's voter list. The administration is yet to take any action on the complaint.
The party also demanded holding Lok Sabha and assembly elections of 2019 simultaneously.
A BJP delegation, led by MLAs Sudhakar Kohle, Sudhakar Deshmukh, Dr Milind Mane, Krishna Khopde and Vikas Kumbhare, met collector Sachin Kurve on Tuesday and requested him to forward their demand to the Election Commission of India.
TOI had highlighted various types of errors in the voters' list before the municipal and legislative assembly elections in 2014. Last time, the intensive electoral rolls drive was held in the city in 1995.
"District administration has planned summary revision drive of electoral rolls between November 15 and 30. It will be a door-to-door survey, but only for revision in the existing electoral rolls," he said.
As part of preparations for the 2019 general elections, BJP conducted its own "intensive electoral rolls drive" in 1,914 booths. The party found 100-400 voters in each booth untraceable. To buttress the claim, BJP gave example of one booth in each of the six assembly constituencies.
In case of booth no-214 in Central Nagpur, where Union minister Nitin Gadkari heads the party's booth unit, there are total 1,425 voters. During the party's drive 431 persons were not found at their registered address, 32 have passed away and two untraceable. Thus, only 960 voters should be part of the list, the party's drive indicated.
Kohle said names of dead persons are yet to be deleted. "Name of a woman was deleted from voters' list of booth no-312 in South-West Nagpur. In reality, husband of the woman had died but his name is still in the list. There are cases in which voters have shifted to other places in the city or outside. Names of members of many families are not in the list of one booth. Many of the voters' names figure in booths situated far away (5km) from their residence. All these errors cannot ensure transparent elections," he said.
Over a year ago, Congress leaders had exposed bogus voters in which names of persons from villages situated in the district were found in city's voter list. The administration is yet to take any action on the complaint.
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