Names of AAP voters being deleted from electoral roll, claims Kejriwal

'MASSIVE VOTE DELETION SCAM'

- AIMAN FATIMA

NEW DELHI: In a dramatic press conference held on Friday, Arvind Kejriwal, National Convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), revealed what he described as a "massive vote deletion scam," orchestrated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections.

Kejriwal accused the BJP of targeting AAP supporters by unlawfully attempting to delete their names from the voter rolls, particularly in the Shahdara constituency.

Kejriwal cited documents showing that BJP had submitted applications to delete 11,018 votes in Shahdara, claiming that a significant portion of these voters were either deceased or had shifted addresses. However, after conducting an investigation into 500 randomly selected voters, Kejriwal asserted that 75 per cent of these voters were alive and still residing at the same addresses listed on the voter rolls.

"We found that 372 out of 500 voters were still residing at their registered addresses, contrary to BJP's claim that they had shifted or passed away," Kejriwal said, highlighting the fraudulent nature of the BJP's applications. "This means that over 75 per cent of the 11,000 voters BJP wants to delete are legitimate voters."