State Chief Electoral Officer Gopal Krishna Dwivedi on Sunday said 7,24,914 applications for deletion of voters were received in Form 7 as on March 9 and 5,25,957 of them were rejected and 1,58,124 were pending disposal. A report had been submitted to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the complaints filed with it by the BJP and the YSR Congress (YSRCP), which alleged large-scale deletion of bona fide voters.
Whether the distribution of post-dated cheques to beneficiaries of ‘Pasupu-Kumkuma’ scheme was a violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) was under the examination of the ECI, he said.
Mr. Dwivedi told media persons at the Secretariat that the disposal of the applications submitted in Form 7 would take a few days time after verification and the disbursal of benefits under various schemes after the MCC came into force would be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
On enrolment of voters, Mr. Dwivedi said applications in Form 6 could be submitted only up to March 15 and the deletion of voters stood suspended forthwith.
As per the MCC, deletions could be done only with the approval of the ECI. As on January 11, the number of voters stood at 3.69 crore and nearly 2.65 lakh applications for new enrolment were being processed.
The MCC was applicable to not only the political parties but also all others including the government employees.
Mr. Dwivedi said the arrangement of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPAT) had almost been completed at 45,920 polling stations.
Ravi Shankar Ayyanar, Addl. DGP (Law and Order), said there were 9,345 critical polling station locations where security would be provided by the local police and the Central paramilitary forces. The number of police required was 1,06,470.