Alleged voter deletion scam in Delhi: AAP writes to EROS

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has raised a strong objection to what it claims is a systematic effort by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to unlawfully delete voters' names from the electoral rolls in Delhi.

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NEW DELHI: In an official letter addressed to the Electoral Registration Officers (EROS) of all 70 assembly constituencies, AAP has accused the BJP of submitting bulk applications for voter deletions, a move the party says undermines the integrity of the electoral process.

Pankaj Gupta, the National Secretary of AAP, expressed grave concerns over the procedure followed in processing these applications. According to Gupta, the BJP has submitted mass deletion requests without following mandatory transparency guidelines. He emphasized that the Election Commission's Manual on Electoral Rolls, issued in March 2023, prohibits bulk applications from any individual or organization for voter deletions. Gupta wrote, "We demand that all such applications be rejected ab initio and that no further deletions be made to the electoral rolls without a proper ground verification exercise."