US EditionP Chidambaram's BIG Charge Against Election Commission: ‘Abusing Its Powers and Trying to Change Electoral Character’
INDIA, AUG 3 – P Chidambaram claims the Election Commission removed 6.5 million voters in Bihar and illegally added 650,000 migrant workers in Tamil Nadu, sparking political protests over voter rights.
- His remarks came amid controversy over the Special Intensive Revision in Bihar, which aims to remove 65 lakh voters ahead of assembly elections this year.
- The poll body reported 22.34 lakh marked dead, 36.28 lakh absent or shifted, and 7.01 lakh duplicates from August 1 to August 2 .
- In court proceedings, the Supreme Court expressed concern over 'en masse exclusion' and directed the Election Commission of India to include Aadhaar cards for verification.
- Multiple challenges are underway as a series of petitions challenging the SIR are pending before the Supreme Court, with opposition lawmakers protesting in both Houses of Parliament.
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The Election Commission has rejected the allegations of P. Chidambaram in which he had linked the SIR process of Bihar with Tamil Nadu and claimed that 6.5 lakh voters had been added. The EC has termed these statements as false and misleading and said that SIR has not yet started in Tamil Nadu.
Kishanganj: Special Intensive Revision by Election Commission removes 1.45 lakh 'missing voters', district saw recent spike in domicile certificate applications
Over 1.45 lakh voters have been removed from Bihar’s Kishanganj district after a special revision by the Election Commission. Officials say many were found missing or dead.
'Misleading, baseless': EC fact-checks P Chidambaram over '6.5 lakh voters enrolled in Tamil Nadu' claim
The ECI said misinformation is being spread in the media to 'obstruct' the SIR drive in poll-bound Bihar. Talking about those voters who have permanently migrated from Bihar to other states, the poll body said that the exact figures will be known 'only after the SIR has been conducted'.
‘ECI abusing its powers, trying to change electoral patterns of States’: Chidambaram on Tamil Nadu voter additions - The Statesman
He raised concerns over the alleged addition of 6.5 lakh persons as voters in Tamil Nadu under the pretext of “permanently migrated”, calling it an insult to the migrant workers and a gross interreference in the right of the state's electorate to elect a government of its choice.
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