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Trouble for Prashant Kishor? EC issues notice to Jan Suraaj founder for being registered as voter in 2 states
- The Election Commission issued a notice to Prashant Kishor after officials found his name on voter lists of West Bengal and Bihar, and the Returning Officer of Karghar Assembly Constituency asked him to explain within three days.
- The Special Intensive Revision completed on September 30 deleted around 68.66 lakh entries, including 7 lakh electors registered at multiple places, as the Election Commission warned in its June 24 order.
- In Bihar, Kishor is registered at Madhya Vidyalaya, Konar, and at 121 Kalighat Road, Kolkata, with his team saying he became a Bihar voter after the Bengal polls.
- Local leaders have formally objected and Bhabanipur-area secretary Biswajit Sarkar wrote to the EC demanding Kishor's removal, while Jan Suraaj Party blamed the EC's SIR process and both NDA and INDIA blocs seized on his political entry.
- Under Section 17 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, electors can shift enrolment by filing Form 8, while the Election Commission acknowledges duplicate entries remain a recurring challenge.
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Trouble for Prashant Kishor? EC issues notice to Jan Suraaj founder for being registered as voter in 2 states
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday sent a notice to Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor for allegedly being registered as a voter in two states - Bihar and West Bengal.
·New Delhi, India
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Election Commission issues notice to Prashant Kishor for being enrolled as voter in both Bihar, Bengal
The Election Commission has issued a notice to Prashant Kishor, founder of the Jan Suraaj Party, after it was found that his name appears on the voter lists of two states-- Bihar and West Bengal. According to officials, the Returning Officer of Karghar Assembly Constituency has asked Kishor to respond within three days, explaining how his name came to be registered in two different states simultaneously. Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party is contesting t…
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