BJP deleting names of voters: Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has filed applications to delete the names of more than 11,000 living voters from the electoral roll in the Shahdara constituency ahead of the Delhi assembly polls, and said that his party will give a representation to the Election Commission of India (EC) to demand a probe into the matter.

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In response, Shahdara district magistrate Rishita Gupta, who holds the post of district election officer, said that the office has received only 494 copies of Form 7 - used for objecting to any entry in the electoral roll - and that the AAP's allegations are "factually incorrect."

The Bharatiya Janata Party, meanwhile, claimed that Kejriwal's remarks were in response to the deletion of the names of "Rohingyas and Bangladeshis" from the election roll.

During the 2020 elections, the AAP's Ram Niwas Goel won the Shahdara seat by 5,294 votes.

Pointing to this narrow margin, Kejriwal at a press conference at the AAP headquarters alleged that the BJP was "attempting to delete 11,000 votes", citing letters he claimed were signed and submitted by BJP leaders.