Delhi assembly polls: BJP attempting to alter electoral rolls, claims Kejriwal

New Delhi (TIP)- AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday, December 29, accused the BJP of trying to manipulate voter list in the run-up to the Delhi Assembly elections. Speaking at a press conference alongside Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, Kejriwal claimed the BJP was trying to win elections through “unfair means” after failing to present strong candidates or issues.
“BJP has already lost the elections. They don’t have a chief ministerial face or even proper candidates. They only aim to win through manipulation, but we won’t let them succeed,” Kejriwal said. The former Delhi chief minister also alleged that the BJP had filed 11,000 voter deletion applications in one constituency alone, but the move was halted at Chief Election Commissioner’s intervention. “We exposed this, and thankfully, it was stopped.” Kejriwal said that a large-scale operation began on December 15, with 5,000 voter deletion applications and 7,500 addition requests filed so far in his assembly constituency, New Delhi.
He claimed this could alter 12 per cent of the constituency’s votes.
The total number of voters in the constituency, he said, is 106,873, as per the voter list published on October 29 after the summary revision, which was conducted between August 20 and October 20.
“Operation Lotus has now reached my constituency. They are attempting to manipulate the electoral rolls to change the election outcome,” Kejriwal alleged.
“This kind of manipulation undermines democracy. We appeal to the Election Commission to continue its strict monitoring to prevent such malpractice,” he said.
AAP trying to register ‘illegal voters’: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged that Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was trying to register “illegal voters” due to fear of defeat in the upcoming Delhi assembly elections.
“We have provided multiple pieces of evidence but Kejriwal is merely attempting to cover up his ‘wrongdoings’ by creating confusion among the people,” PTI quoted Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva as saying at a press conference.
The BJP’s allegation comes after Kejriwal reiterated his allegation that the saffron party was “manipulating” changes in electoral rolls of his New Delhi constituency by filing applications to delete more than 5,000 votes since mid-December.

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